Mine Index 7727 Daniel Pearson, Pearson Mine

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 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.

Geology

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

Springfield

40

3.67

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Jesse Hillier (add)	Hillier (add)	1904-1913	13,048

Daniel Pearson (add)	Pearson (add)	1913-1916	4,000

Jesse Hillier (add)	Hillier (add)	1916-1918	2,684

Daniel Pearson (add)	Pearson (add)	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.