Mine Index 5832 Lancaster Coal Company, Lancaster Mine

Mine Index Number: 5832

Company Name:	Lancaster Coal Company
Mine Name:	Lancaster Mine
Start Date:	1905	End Date:	1926
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Peoria

7N 6E

27

SW NE

Geology

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

Springfield

65-150

4.33

4.67

4.4

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Lancaster Landing Coal Company (add)	Lancaster Landing (add)	1905-1909	59,184

Lancaster Landing Coal & Trans. Co. (add)	Lancaster Landing (add)	1909-1910	18,400

Lancaster Landing Coal Company (add)	Lancaster Landing (add)	1910-1911	21,004

Lancaster Landing Coal & Trans. Co. (add)	Lancaster Landing (add)	1911-1917	131,277

Lancaster Coal Company (add)	Lancaster (add)	1917-1926	183,811

Total Production: 413,676

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Peoria County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness.