Mine Index 0088 Willis Coal and Mining Company, Willis No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0088

Company Name:	Willis Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Willis No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1895	End Date:	February 1923
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	836
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The easternmost portions of the mine were later stripped by the Captain Mine (mine index 873).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Perry

6S 4W

30

NE NW NW

Air shaft

Perry

6S 4W

30

NW NW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

59-67

5.5

8.0

6.0

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was composed of white top lenses up to 6 feet thick, with black shale above, topped by up to 5 feet of limestone. The white top commonly had rolls cutting into the coal for some distance. The coal had sulfur lenses, and charcoal and clay bands.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Willis Coal and Mining Company (add)	Willis No. 1 (add)	1895-1923	4,786,196
Total Production: 4,786,196

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352131

4-1934

1-2400

1:4468

Final

Microfilm, document 352103

1-1924

1:2400

1:3972

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 352131, reel 03138, frames 139, 140 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Microfilm map, document 352103, reel 03138, frames 88-91 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.