Mine Index 0323 Carterville District Coal Company, Carterville District No. 6 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0323

Company Name:	Carterville District Coal Company
Mine Name:	Carterville District No. 6 Mine
Start Date:	1902	End Date:	1908
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	236 The outline shown on the accompanying map shows the White Ash Mine contiguous to the White Ash Mine (mine index 150) and the Slogo Mine (mine index 151). The boundaries between these mines may be approximate; the area shown is approximately what would have been mined by the combined production of the three mines. In addition, a general area of mining designates an area that could have been mined.
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

Williamson

8S 2E

36

NW SE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

102

8.0

9.5

8.0-9.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Carterville District Coal Company (add)	Carterville District No. 6 (add)	1902-1908	893,644

Total Production: 893,644

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-189

8-11-1934

1:63360

1:63360

Secondary source

ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-137

3-23-1929

1:2400

1:2400

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-189, work map for Federal Land Bank Report map - Shaft location, mine outline.

ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-137, map of Peabody No. 26 (mine index 157) - Mine outline (north).