Mine Index 5854 Clark Coal and Coke Company, Empire No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 5854

Company Name:	Clark Coal and Coke Company
Mine Name:	Empire No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1878	End Date:	1910
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	75
Production Indicated Acres:	370	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Peoria

8N 7E

14

NE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

105-120

4.17-4.5

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Donaldson and Royster (add)	Donaldson and Royster (add)	1878-1881	not reported

Isaac Royster (add)	Royster (add)	1881-1885	1,220

Royster Brothers (add)	Royster (add)	1885-1895	169,375

Royster and Zeigler (add)	Empire (add)	1895-1902	159,287

Clark Coal and Coke Company (add)	A (add)	1902-1907	656,958

Clark Coal and Coke Company (add)	Empire No. 1 (add)	1907-1910	434,578

Total Production: 1,421,418

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352149

Undated

1:2400

1:4965

Undated

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Peoria County) - Shaft location.

Microfilm map, document 352149, reel 03138, frames 170-173 - Mine outline, mining method.

Standard Atlas of Peoria County, 1896 - Ownership, general location.