Mine Index 3802 Perry Bales Coal Company, Bales Mine

Mine Index Number: 3802

Company Name:	Perry Bales Coal Company
Mine Name:	Bales Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1943
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	6
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Slope

Vermilion

19N 12W

13

NW NW NE

Geology

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

Danville

75

5.5-6.0

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Swan Coal Company (add)	Swan (add)	1934-1938	19,002

B. and B. Coal Company (add)	B. and B. (add)	1938-1939	995

Perry Bales Coal Company (add)	Bales (add)	1939-1943	5,840

Total Production: 25,837

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352946

3-6-1943

1:600

1:1366

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, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352946, reel 03141, frame 88 - Slope location, mine outline, mining method.