Mine Index 0840 Young’s Coal Corporation, Walnut Grove Mine

Mine Index Number: 0840

Company Name:	Young’s Coal Corporation
Mine Name:	Walnut Grove Mine
Start Date:	1956	End Date:	June 1965
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	593
Acres after map date:	120	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple / pit

Saline

10S 6E

9

SW SE SW

Pit

Saline

10S 7E

9

Geology

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

Dekoven

30-60

3.83-4.0

Surface

Davis

90-115

2.83-3.0

Surface

Geological Problems Reported

Faults were observed in the pits. The coal reputedly had high ash and moisture content.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Saxton Coal Corporation (add)	Walnut Grove (add)	1956-1962	3,931,518

Young’s Coal Corporation (add)	Walnut Grove (add)	1963-1963	369,137

Young’s Coal Corporation (add)	Walnut Grove (add)	1963-1965	1,209,019

Total Production: 5,509,674

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 1-29-8

8-1-1963

1:74541

1:74541

Not final

USGS topographic map

PR 1990

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness.

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

Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, geologic problems.

ISGS field notes (Saline County) - Sketch map of mine outline, seam, geologic problems.

Company map, ISGS Coal Section files, 1-29-8 - Mine location.

USGS topographic map, Harrisburg Quadrangle, 1961, photorevised 1990 - Mine outline.