Mine Index 4955 Jesse Purcell, Purcell Mine

Mine Index Number: 4955

Company Name:	Jesse Purcell
Mine Name:	Purcell Mine
Start Date:	1889	End Date:	1890
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Gallatin

9S 8E

16

SW NW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

4.17

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Jesse Purcell (add)	Purcell (add)	1889-1890	320
Total Production: 320

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4107 d5.1-209

1927

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

ISGS field notes (Gallatin County) - Mine type, drift location, seam.

ISGS map library, 4107 d5.1-209, map of G. H. Cady field notes - Mine type, drift location, seam.

ISGS Bulletin 8, Plate 9 - Thickness.