Mine Index 3082 W. H. Simpson, Vicary Mine

Mine Index Number: 3082

Company Name:	W. H. Simpson
Mine Name:	Vicary Mine
Start Date:	1909	End Date:	1943
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	64
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Peoria

9N 7E

34

SE SE NE

Air shaft

Peoria

9N 7E

34

SE SE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

65-75

4.0

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

William Vicary (add)	Vicary (add)	1909-1910	500

George Vicary (add)	Vicary (add)	1910-1913	5,811

Seffer and Strong (add)	Vicary (add)	1913-1915	2,375

Seffer and Barnawalt (add)	Vicary (add)	1915-1916	860

Vicary and Harmon (add)	Vicary (add)	1916-1919	3,180

George Vicary (add)	Vicary (add)	1919-1920	1,200

Vicary and Harmon (add)	Vicary (add)	1920-1921	665

Vicary Brothers (George and William) (add)	Vicary (add)	1922-1927	107,281

Vicary Coal Company (add)	Vicary (add)	1928-1929	30,598

Vicary Brothers (add)	Vicary (add)	1930-1941	147,167

Walker and Simpson Coal Company (add)	Vicary (add)	1941-1942	19,227

W. H. Simpson (add)	Vicary (add)	1943-1943	3,250

Total Production: 322,114

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352170

4-1943

1:1440

1:2383

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 352170, reel 03138, frame 203 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method