Mine Index 7221 Birdois and Swinger, Birdois Mine

Mine Index Number: 7221

Company Name:	Birdois and Swinger
Mine Name:	Birdois Mine
Start Date:	1884	End Date:	1910
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	8	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

12

SW NE SW

Geology

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

Springfield

80-150

4.0-4.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

John Birdois (add)	Birdois (add)	1884-1889	7,023

Birdois Brothers (add)	Birdois (add)	1889-1890	1,360

John Birdois and Son (add)	Birdois (add)	1890-1895	6,692

John Birdois, Jr. (add)	Birdois (add)	1895-1905 Idle 1904	16,310

Birdois Brothers (add)	Birdois (add)	1905-1906	50

Birdois and Swinger (add)	Birdois (add)	1906-1910 Idle 1907 and 1908	566

Total Production: 32,001

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Atlas of Peoria County

1873

1:31680

1:31680

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.

Atlas of Peoria County, 1873 - Drift location.