Mine Index 5880   South Side Coal Company,   South Side Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Peoria unlocated
County: Peoria
Quadrangle: Oak Hill
Dunlap
County Coal Data: Peoria
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 5880

Company Name: South Side Coal Company
Mine Name: South Side Mine
Start Date: 1930 End Date: 1936
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
Slope Peoria 9N 7E 18 NW SE SW
Air slope Peoria 9N 7E 18 NW SE SW [1]

Geology

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

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
South Side Coal Company South Side 1930-1936 10,320
Total Production: 10,320

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Federal Land Bank Report 5-1934 1:142560 1:142560 Secondary source

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.
Federal Land Bank Report (Peoria County) - Mine outline (general), slope location.
Microfilm map, document 352268, reel 03138, frame 334 - Mine type, mining method.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. Not shown on the accompanying map. The map source used was very general (the mine map had no features to register to the land surface), and the slope location is general, so the air slope was not designated. The air slope is near the main slope in a southwestern direction.