Mine Index 0300 Gulf Fuel and Mining Company, Willis No. 7 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0300

Company Name:	Gulf Fuel and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Willis No. 7 Mine
Start Date:	1888	End Date:	1935
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	565
Acres after map date:	70	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Randolph

5S 5W

8

SE NW NW

Air shaft

Randolph

5S 5W

8

SE NW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

150

6.25

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Valley and Gulf Coal Company (add)	Eden (add)	1888-1897	301,286

Hugh Murray (add)	Eden (add)	1897-1898	36,184

Western Anthracite Coal and Coke Company (add)	Eden (add)	1898-1905 Idle 1905	943,306

Eden Coal Company (add)	Eden (add)	1905-1906	31,243

Wilson Brothers Coal Company (add)	Eden No. 7 (add)	1906-1917 Idle 1915	653,977

Willis Coal and Mining Company (add)	Willis No. 7 (add)	1917-1923	584,240

Willis Coal and Mining Company (add)	Willis No. 7 (add)	1924-1934 Idle 1928-1934	316,260 Production after map date

Gulf Fuel and Mining Company (add)	Willis No. 7 (add)	1935-1935	3,800 Production after map date

Total Production: 2,870,296

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353337

12-1923

1:2400

1:4303

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam.

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

Mine notes (Randolph County) - Shaft location, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 353337, reel 03142, frames 317-320 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.