4124

Mine Index Number: 4124

Company Name:	New Walnut Valley Coal Company
Mine Name:	New Walnut Valley Mine
Start Date:	1935	End Date:	1951
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	24
Acres after map date:	3	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 4E

30

SE NE SE

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

30

NE SE SE

Geology

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

Springfield

65-70

4.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Walnut Valley Coal Company (add)	Walnut Valley (add)	1935-1941	32,754

Valley Coal Company (add)	Valley (add)	1942-1942	6,218

Walnut Valley Coal Company (add)	Walnut Valley (add)	1943-1947	20,598

Walnut Valley Coal Company (add)	Walnut Valley (add)	1947-1949	9,040 Production after map date.

New Walnut Valley Coal Company (add)	New Walnut Valley (add)	1950-1951	2,941 Production after map date.

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353120

7-29-1947

1:1200

1:1655

Not final

Microfilm, document 353178

1-9-1945

1:1200

1:2400

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 353120, reel 03141, frame 347 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Microfilm map of Corder No. 2 Mine (mine index 4115), document 353178, reel 03142, frame 71 - Georegistration aid.