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Mine Index 5804   Herrick Clay Company,   Herrick Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: La Salle unlocated
County: La Salle
Quadrangle: Starved Rock
County Coal Data: La Salle
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 5804

Company Name: Herrick Clay Company
Mine Name: Herrick Mine
Start Date: 1912 End Date: 1929
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: None
Production Indicated Acres: 3 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main slope La Salle 33N 3E 18 SE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Colchester 65 1.5-2.0 RP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Herrick Clay Manufacturing Company Herrick 1912-1918[1] 1,260
Dayton Clay Company Herrick 1918-1919 184
Herrick Clay Manufacturing Company Herrick 1919-1924[2] 2,110
Herrick Coal Company Herrick 1924-1925 450
Herrick Clay Manufacturing Company Herrick 1925-1926[3] 200
W. A. Herrick Herrick 1927-1927 200
Herrick Clay Company Herrick 1928-1929 370
Total Production: 4,774

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
ISGS field notes (H. B. Wilman) 7-2-1930 1:62500 1:24000[4] 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 (La Salle County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
ISGS field notes (La Salle County) - Mine location, thickness.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. Idle 1914
  2. Mines producing less than 10,000 tons in 1922 were not listed in the Coal Report.
  3. Idle 1926
  4. The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.