Mine Index 3501 Peter Becker, Becker Mine

Mine Index Number: 3501

Company Name:	Peter Becker
Mine Name:	Becker Mine
Start Date:	1902	End Date:	June 1916
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	8
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Menard

18N 8W

14

SW SE NE

Air shaft

Menard

18N 8W

14

SW SE NE

Geology

		Thickness (ft)
Seam	Depth (ft)	Min	Max	Ave	Mining Method

Springfield

84

5.0

6.0

5.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Peter Becker (add)	Becker (add)	1902-1916 A shaft was shown on the 1899 plat. Production before 1902 is unknown. William Denton (Petersburg address) operated 1895 to 1903 and may be a precursor to Becker.	30,332

Total Production: 30,332

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Plat map of Menard County, T18N-R8W

1899

1:3168

1:3168

Secondary source

Company, state archive, MSHA_1311

3-13-1916

1:1200

1:1200

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (Menard County) - Shaft location, depth, thickness, ownership.

Plat map of Menard County, T18N-R8W - Years of operation.

Company map, state archive, MSHA_1311 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.