Mine Index 4135 Crab Orchard Coal Company, Crab Orchard Mine

Mine Index Number: 4135

Company Name:	Crab Orchard Coal Company
Mine Name:	Crab Orchard Mine
Start Date:	1938	End Date:	1939
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	None Production indicates approximately 1 acre was mined. This location is inside a larger area of surface mining.
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple or pit

Williamson

9S 4E

31

SE NW NE

Geology

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

Springfield

11-40

4.17

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Crab Orchard Coal Company Changed ownership in 1938, but retained the same operating name. (add)	Crab Orchard (add)	1938-1939	5,279

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

(text only)

1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS quadrangle and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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