Mine Index 3629 Regal Coal Company, Regal Mine

Mine Index Number: 3629

Company Name:	Regal Coal Company
Mine Name:	Regal Mine
Start Date:	1904	End Date:	March 1924
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	51
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

Tazewell

24N 4W

6

NE NW NW

Air shaft

Tazewell

24N 4W

6

NE NW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

204

4.67

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

Above the coal was 1 foot of black shale, then 1 foot of clod (a massive dark gray shale), then 6 to 8 inches of limestone that was not persistent. Numerous horsebacks were present in the seam. Bands of soft “brown sulphur” were common near the horsebacks.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Chapman and Petrie Coal Company (add)	Chapman and Petrie (add)	1904-1905	4,758

Champion Coal Company (add)	Champion (add)	1905-1915	111,176

Pekin Coal Company (add)	Pekin No. 1 (add)	1915-1917Idle 1917	7,015

Johnston City – Big Muddy Coal Company (add)	Johnston City – Big Muddy No. 3 (add)	1917-1920	38,255

Regal Coal Company (add)	Regal (add)	1920-1924	81,280

Total Production: 242,484

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352856

5-1-1924

1:2400

1:2979

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type.

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

Mine notes (Tazewell County) - Shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 352856, reel 03134, frame 474 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.