Mine Index 3527 James Beatty, Beatty Mine

Mine Index Number: 3527

Company Name:	James Beatty
Mine Name:	Beatty Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1882	End Date:	1883
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	3
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

St. Clair

1N 8W

21

NE SW NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

21

NW SE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

80

6.0

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

James Beatty (add)	Beatty (add)	pre1882-1883 Flooded by Richland Creek, November 1883.	16,500 Production prior to 1882 is not known. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 38 acres were mined. All reported production is after the date of the map.

Total Production: 16,500

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 350996

1879

1:600

1:1076

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, seam, thickness.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Microfilm map, document 350996, reel 03134, frame 66 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.