Mine Index 0210 Willis Coal and Mining Company, Willis No. 6 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0210

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

Company Name:	Willis Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Willis No. 6 Mine
Start Date:	1883	End Date:	March 1925
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	856
Acres after map date:	23	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	6S 5W	14	NW NE NE

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Air shaft	Randolph	6S 5W	14	NW NE NE

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Herrin (No. 1 Mine)	84	2.5	8.0	5.83	MRP

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Springfield (No. 2 Mine)	195-120			4.83-5.83	RP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was composed of 12 to 15 feet of limestone above up to 4 feet of black shale above up to 6 inches of white top and clod. Some shrinkage slips were noted under the white top and clay “clod”. The white top seemed to be a gray soapstone with very little tenacity and supporting power. This material was in lenses in slight hollows in the surface of the coal and beneath the black shale. Generally the slips were seen along the margins of the lenses of the white top, and the slips continued down into the coal. In those places, the coal was offset by as much as 1 foot. Pyrite was present in the coal as plates, commonly 15 inches and 30 inches below the top of the coal. The floor was 20 to 24 inches of fireclay, and heaved in the haulage entries.

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
William Goalby and Son (add)	Goalby (add)	1883-1886	12,507

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Goalby and Dean (add)	Goalby and Dean No. 1 and No. 2 (add)	1886-1887	14,942

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Goalby and Son (add)	Goalby No. 1 and No. 2 (add)	1887-1890	80,900

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
William Goalby and Son (add)	Goalby No. 1 (add)	1890-1897	70,607

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
William Goalby and Son (add)	Goalby No. 2 (add)	1890-1901	160,319

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Goalby Brothers (add)	Goalby No. 2 (add)	1901-1902	19,410

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Goalby Coal Company (add)	Goalby (add)	1902-1903	45,792

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Willis Coal Mining Company (add)	Willis No. 6 (add)	1903-1922	4,615,226

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Southern Gem Coal Corporation (add)	Southern Gem No. 11 (add)	1922-1924	108,987

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Willis Coal and Mining Company (add)	Willis No. 6 (add)	1924-1925	20,059

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Total Production: 5,148,749

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 353350	8-1922	1:2400	1:4303	Not final

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
WPA map, T6S-R5W	Circa 1934	1:120000	1:120000	Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Bibliography
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Bibliography
Mine notes (Randolph County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Bibliography
Microfilm map, document 353350, reel 03142, frames 343-346 - Mine outline, mining method.

Bibliography
WPA map, T6S-R5W - Shaft locations.