Mine Index 6790 Perry Bales Coal Company, Bales Mine

Mine Index Number: 6790

Company Name:	Perry Bales Coal Company
Mine Name:	Bales Mine
Start Date:	1922	End Date:	1932
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	3	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. This area was later surface mined by Ayrshire Coal Company, Inc. (mine index 673),and therefore the shafts and mine outline are not included on the accompanying map.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

1

SE SW NW

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

1

SE SW NW

Geology

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

Danville

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Joe Bales and Son (add)	Bales (add)	1922-1923	2,500

Henry Bales (add)	Bales (add)	1923-1924	500

Perry Bales Coal Company (add)	Bales (add)	1924-1926	3,957

Perry Bales Coal Company (add)	Bales (add)	1926-1932	14,280

Total Production: 21,237

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.V4 i5.1-46

5-1-1926

1:2400

1:2400

Not Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-46 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.