Mine Index 7806 M. A. Beers, Beers Mine

Mine Index Number: 7806

Company Name:	M. A. Beers
Mine Name:	Beers Mine
Start Date:	1898	End Date:	1925
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	16	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Mercer

15N 1W

20

NW SE NE

Geology

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

Rock Island

7-20

3.5

2.0

RP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was a good limestone cap rock with no clod, but the top coal stuck to the roof and was difficult to get down. A few rolls were present in the coal.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Milton A. Beers (add)	Beers (add)	1898-1910	8,810

Andrew W. Wahlberg (add)	Wahlberg (add)	1910-1913	1,440

M. A. Beers (add)	Beers (add)	1913-1925 Idle 1916-1920, 1922, 1923	18,137

Total Production: 28,387

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS field notes (H. E. Culver)

9-15-1923

1:62500

1:62500

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 (Mercer County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

ISGS field notes (Mercer County) - Slope location, thickness, geologic problems.