Mine Index 4283 High Prairie Coal Company, High Prairie Mine

Mine Index Number: 4283

Company Name:	High Prairie Coal Company
Mine Name:	High Prairie Mine
Start Date:	1932	End Date:	1932
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	8
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. The area was later enlarged by surface-mining by Morgan mines (mine index 3589), and is not shown as a separate entity on the accompanying map.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit

St. Clair

1S 9W

24

NE NE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

High Prairie Coal Company (add)	High Prairie (add)	1932-1932	2,760

Total Production: 2,760

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

WPA, T1S-R9W

ca. 1934

1:12000

1:52800

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

WPA map, T1S-R9W - Mine outline, mining method.