Mine Index 7783 Greenview Coal and Mining Company, Greenview Mine

Mine Index Number: 7783

Company Name:	Greenview Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Greenview Mine
Start Date:	1890	End Date:	1906
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	224
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:	275
Production indicates 224 to 310 acres were mined. Those acres may be east of the adjacent Menard No. 1 Mine (mine index 4207), rather than west (as shown on the accompanying map).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Menard

19N 6W

23

NE SE NE The shaft was originally constructed and used for Menard No. 1 Mine (mine index 4207).

Geology

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

Springfield

100-109

5.67-6.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Menard Coal Company (add)	Menard No. 2 (add)	1890-1895	279,156

Greenview Coal and Mining Company (add)	Greenview (add)	1895-1906	1,083,258

Total Production: 1,362,414

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map The insurance map shows that the newer shaft of Menard No. 1 Mine (mine index 4207) was used by the Greenview Mine. The general area of mining shown on the accompanying map was constructed to show the approximate size of the mine based on the reported production, but the location of the general area of mining is uncertain. In the 1895 Coal Report (page 54), improvements included a statement that 2,000 feet of airway was constructed on the south side of the mine. The 1900 Coal Report noted the Greenview Coal & Mining Company had put in an electric haulage system with roadways over 5,000 feet in length, and that all the coal was on one side of the shaft. Whether the coal was east or west of the shaft is not known.

1901

Unknown

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Sanborn-Perris Map Company - Shaft location.