Mine Index 4640 Joe Parkinson, Parkinson Mine

Mine Index Number: 4640

Company Name:	Joe Parkinson
Mine Name:	Parkinson Mine
Start Date:	1904	End Date:	1906 The dates of operation are from the field notes. Parkinson was not listed in the Coal Reports. No production was reported in Wabash County from 1882 to 1901 or from 1904 to 1917. Unreported production is likely. However, a sketched map by John Schwadtner, who worked in the mine, stated little coal was worked.
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

"1906 The dates of operation are from the field notes. Parkinson was not listed in the Coal Reports. No production was reported in Wabash County from 1882 to 1901 or from 1904 to 1917. Unreported production is likely. However, a sketched map by John Schwadtner, who worked in the mine, stated little coal was worked." contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Wabash

1N 13W

24

SE NE SE

Geology

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

Friendsville

46

2.5-3.0

Underground

Geological Problems Reported

Trouble with water that drained from mines to the east was reported.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Joe Parkinson (add)	Parkinson (add)	1904-1906 The dates of operation are from the field notes. Parkinson was not listed in the Coal Reports. No production was reported in Wabash County from 1882 to 1901 or from 1904 to 1917. Unreported production is likely. However, a sketched map by John Schwadtner, who worked in the mine, stated little coal was worked.	Unknown The dates of operation are from the field notes. Parkinson was not listed in the Coal Reports. No production was reported in Wabash County from 1882 to 1901 or from 1904 to 1917. Unreported production is likely. However, a sketched map by John Schwadtner, who worked in the mine, stated little coal was worked.

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4107 d5-74

1942

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

ISGS field notes (Wabash County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, mine ownership, years of operation.

ISGS map library, 4107 d5-74, field map of J. M. Schopf - Shaft location.