Mine Index 5225 John Stalker, Stalker Mine

Mine Index Number: 5225

Company Name:	John Stalker
Mine Name:	Stalker Mine
Start Date:	1903	End Date:	1913
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	8	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Grundy

34N 7E

28

SW SW SW

Geology

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

Colchester

50-60

2.67-3.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

James Heather (add)	Heather (add)	1903-1904	2,523

J. and J. Heather (add)	Hatcher (add)	1904-1905	2,400

James Heather (add)	Heather (add)	1905-1908	7,181

John Stalker (add)	Stalker (add)	1908-1913	7,785

Total Production: 19,889

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4107 d5-25, sheet 3

1919

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Grundy County) - Mine type, shaft location.

ISGS Bulletin 43, Plate 3, ISGS map library, 4107 d5-25, sheet 3 - Mine location.