Mine Index 0300 Gulf Fuel and Mining Company, Willis No. 7 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0300

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

Company Name:	Gulf Fuel and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Willis No. 7 Mine
Start Date:	1888	End Date:	1935
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	565
Acres after map date:	70	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Main shaft	Randolph	5S 5W	8	SE NW NW

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Air shaft	Randolph	5S 5W	8	SE NW NW

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Herrin	150			6.25	MRP

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Valley and Gulf Coal Company (add)	Eden (add)	1888-1897	301,286

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Hugh Murray (add)	Eden (add)	1897-1898	36,184

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Western Anthracite Coal and Coke Company (add)	Eden (add)	1898-1905	943,306

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Eden Coal Company (add)	Eden (add)	1905-1906	31,243

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Wilson Brothers Coal Company (add)	Eden No. 7 (add)	1906-1917	653,977

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Willis Coal and Mining Company (add)	Willis No. 7 (add)	1917-1923	584,240

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Willis Coal and Mining Company (add)	Willis No. 7 (add)	1924-1934	316,260

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Gulf Fuel and Mining Company (add)	Willis No. 7 (add)	1935-1935	3,800

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Total Production: 2,870,296

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
Microfilm, document 353337	12-1923	1:2400	1:4303	Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Bibliography
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam.

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

Bibliography
Mine notes (Randolph County) - Shaft location, depth, thickness.

Bibliography
Microfilm map, document 353337, reel 03142, frames 317-320 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.