Mine Index 0040 Union Fuel Company, Union Fuel No. 5 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0040

Company Name:	Union Fuel Company
Mine Name:	Union Fuel No. 5 Mine
Start Date:	1892	End Date:	April 1924
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	685
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 shaft 8 ft x 14 ft

Sangamon

17N 4W

17

NW SE NW

Air shaft

Sangamon

17N 4W

17

SW SE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

267

5.5

6.0

5.6

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

The bottom clay heaved badly, especially when wet. Some entries were abandoned because of floor squeezing.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Williamsville Coal Company (add)	Williamsville (add)	1892-1917 Idle 1916-1917	1,743,159

Chicago-Williamsville Coal Company (add)	Chicago-Williamsville (add)	1917-1919	103,122

Union Fuel Company (add)	Union Fuel No. 5 (add)	1919-1924	716,444

Total Production: 2,562,725

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.S33 i5.1-2

4-14-1924

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.

Mine notes (Sangamon County) - Seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S33 i5.1-2 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.