Mine Index 3842 Pearson Coal Company, Pearson No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3842

Company Name:	Pearson Coal Company
Mine Name:	Pearson No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1922	End Date:	1943
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	8
Acres after map date:	1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Slope

Vermilion

19N 12W

20

SE NW SE

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

20

SE NW SE

Geology

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

Danville

75

5.5-5.67

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

J. P. Pearson (add)	Pearson (add)	1922-1924	2,600

Pearson Coal Company (add)	Pearson No. 1 (add)	1925-1936	16,498 Production was not reported 1930-1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year.

Pearson Coal Company Changed management in 1935, 1937 (twice), and 1938 but reported under the same name. Operated by Frank McArdle in 1940 and 1941. The mine notes indicate that the McArdle Brothers operated this mine at one time. Other operators include D. P. Howard (1937 & 1938), Harry Wilson, and August Montgerard (1937). A 1937 source map is labeled Lee Howard Mine. (add)	Pearson No. 2 (add)	1934-1942	17,525

Pearson Coal Company (add)	Pearson No. 2 (add)	1942-1943	1,712 Production after map date

Total Production: 38,335

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352920

7-14-1942

1:1200

1:2234

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, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352920, reel 03141, frame 58 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.