Mine Index 7727   Daniel Pearson,   Pearson Mine

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Unlocated Mines In: Knox unlocated
County: Knox
Quadrangle: Fairview
County Coal Data: Knox
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 7727

Company Name: Daniel Pearson
Mine Name: Pearson Mine
Start Date: 1904 End Date: 1919
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: None
Production Indicated Acres: 6 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main drift Knox 9N 3E 35 NW [1]

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Springfield 40 3.67 RP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Jesse Hillier Hillier 1904-1913 13,048
Daniel Pearson Pearson 1913-1916 4,000
Jesse Hillier Hillier 1916-1918 2,684
Daniel Pearson Pearson 1918-1919 1,200
Total Production: 20,932

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
ISGS field notes (T. E. Savage) Undated 1:62500 1:62500 Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, mining method.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Knox County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
ISGS field notes (Knox County) - Mine type, drift location, seam, thickness.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. The location described in the field notes was SE NW NW, but the topographic knob where the drift mine was locatedon the 1:62,500 (15-minute) topographic map is further east on the 1:24,000 topographic map. Rather than change the stated location, the specific location is not listed above.