Mine Index 3760 Pierce Coal Company, Pierce Mine

Mine Index Number: 3760

Company Name:	Pierce Coal Company
Mine Name:	Pierce Mine
Start Date:	1939	End Date:	1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. This area was later surface mined by Ayrshire Coal Company, Inc. (mine index 0673).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Vermilion

19N 12W

1

NE NE SW

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

1

NE NE SW

Geology

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

Danville

20

6.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Lind Coal Company (add)	Lind No. 3 (add)	1939-1941	818

Ritter Coal Company (add)	Ritter No. 3 (add)	1941-1941	20

Pierce Coal Company (add)	Pierce (add)	1941-1942	905

Total Production: 1,743

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352921

9-23-1941

1:1200

1:1242

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352921, reel 03141, frame 59 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.