Walker of Junction City for information and the location of the Geary County Permian coal deposit. Bell, a local resident near the former mines, for much of the information concerning the history of the mining project described in this report. Sowell, tunnel superintendent for the Denver, Colorado, Water Department, formerly of Admire, Kansas, and operator for two years of the Permian coal mine north of Harveyville in Wabaunsee County, and Mr. 17, 21) as early as 1893 reported the presence of coal along Humboldt Creek and referred to it as Permo-Carboniferous in age.Īcknowledgments-I wish to thank Mr. Knowledge of the general geology of Geary County made it obvious that this coal was also Permian in age. Walker, owner and operator of the Walker Stone Company. The mining of coal along Humboldt Creek several miles east of Junction City in Geary County was reported to me by Mr. Bell, a farmer living close to the former mines, established the age of the coal-bearing rocks as Permian rather than Pennsylvanian. A hasty examination of the local geology, together with information obtained from Mr. The published general location for the mine was in error but, with the help of local residents, two old mines were found in a pasture 2 to 3 miles south of the published location. These reports did not indicate, however, from what stratigraphic horizon the coal came. Existence of a mine in southeastern Wabaunsee County near Harveyville was noted in reports of the State coal mine inspector for the years 1925, 1928, 1929, and 1931. This short report is also part of the coal inventory studies started by the State Geological Survey of Kansas in 1942.įigure 1-Map of Geary and Wabaunsee Counties, Kansas, showing location of Permian coal mines and traces of the Brownville limestone which marks the separation of the Pennsylvanian from the Permian System of rocks in Kansas.įield investigations-The now abandoned Permian coal mines in Wabaunsee County were located in the fall of 1944 while tracing the coals of the Wabaunsee group (Pennsylvanian). The purpose of this report is to put on record the mining of Permian coal in Kansas, to present data on its production and reserves, both proved and potential, and to direct attention to the various stratigraphic horizons where coal occurs in Kansas Permian rocks. A second Permian coal mine locality was discovered still later in Geary County (Fig. Although several thin seams of coal were known to occur in the Permian rocks in Kansas, it was not realized or known until 1944 that the 10,000 tons of coal mined from Permian strata in the southeastern part of Wabaunsee County (Fig. The rest of the coal was mined from Cretaceous (300,184 tons) and Permian (10,000 tons) rocks. Purpose of report-Of the 261,371,483 tons of coal that have been mined in Kansas between 1869 and the close of 1949, all but approximately 310,184 tons were produced from Pennsylvanian strata. Reference is made to all stratigraphic positions where coal is known to occur in Permian rocks in Kansas. The coal is described and a detailed stratigraphic section measured at the mine locality is presented. In addition, a second Permian coal is located in Geary County. This report describes the location of the mines, the stratigraphic position, thickness, and physical character of the coal, the history of mining in the district, and the calculation of the coal reserves. The information has not been updated.īetween 19 approximately 10,000 tons of coal of Permian age was mined several miles north of Harveyville in southeastern Wabaunsee County. This is, in general, the original text as published. Originally published in 1951 as Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin 90, part 3. Kansas Geological Survey, Bulletin 90, part 3, originally published in 1951Ĭoal Resources of the Permian System in Kansas by Walter H. 90, part 3-Coal Resources of the Permian System in Kansas
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