Mine Index 3640 Pekin Coal Mining Company, Pekin Mine

Mine Index Number: 3640

Company Name:	Pekin Coal Mining Company
Mine Name:	Pekin Mine
Start Date:	1913	End Date:	1953
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	380
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

25N 5W

36

NE SE SW

Air shaft

Tazewell

25N 5W

36

SE SE SW

Geology

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

Springfield

100

4.5-4.83

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

Concretions were abundant in the black shale above the coal.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Grant Brothers (add)	Grant (add)	1913-1913	500

William Grant and Sons (add)	Grant (add)	1913-1914	4,500

David Grant (add)	Grant (add)	1914-1925	94,753

Grant Brothers (add)	Grant (add)	1925-1925	2,770

David Grant Coal Company (add)	Grant (add)	1926-1936	125,883

Pekin Mining Company (add)	Pekin (add)	1936-1937	73,365

Fred Schaefer, Jr. (add)	Schaefer (add)	1938-1938	64,910

Pekin Coal Mining Company (add)	Pekin (add)	1939-1953	1,007,136

Total Production: 1,373,817

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352861

3-17-1953

1:2400

1:4800

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Tazewell County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam.

ISGS field notes (Tazewell County) - Depth, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 352861, reel 03140, frame 488 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.