Mine Index 0324 Young Brothers, Young Mine

Mine Index Number: 0324

Company Name:	Young Brothers
Mine Name:	Young Mine
Start Date:	1883	End Date:	1928
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:
Production Indicated Acres:	30	General Area of mining acres shown:	15

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Williamson

9S 1E

11

NE NE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

50

4.0-9.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Adam Young (add)	Young (add)	1883-1889	9,093

John A. Young (add)	Young (add)	1889-1893	13,852

Young and Reynolds (add)	Young (add)	1893-1894	3,500

John A. Young (add)	Young (add)	1894-1903	28,378

Adam Young (add)	Young (add)	1903-1904	2,600

John A. Young (add)	Young (add)	1904-1912	28,305

Charles Young (add)	Young (add)	1912-1913	4,936

Young Brothers (add)	Young (add)	1913-1928 Production not reported 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons	50,325

Total Production: 140,989

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

1934

1:63360

1:63360

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method, thickness, depth, mining method.

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.