Mine Index 7212 Cook Brothers, Cook Mine

Mine Index Number: 7212

Company Name:	Cook Brothers
Mine Name:	Cook Mine
Start Date:	1889	End Date:	1899
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	4
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

8N 7E

11

SE SW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

80-108

4.0-4.33

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Edward Pepper (add)	Pepper (add)	1889-1891	1,140

William Cook (add)	Cook (add)	1891-1895	4,470

Cook Brothers (add)	Cook (add)	1895-1899	3,400

Total Production: 9,010

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, R4103.P41 i5.1-2

5-1918

1:2400

2400

Secondary source

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.

ISGS map library, R4103.P41 i5.1-2, map of Crescent Coal Company - Drift location, mine outline, mining method.