Mine Index 0642 Fred J. Wills Coal Company, Wills Mine

Mine Index Number: 0642

Company Name:	Fred J. Wills Coal Company
Mine Name:	Wills Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	1941
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	36
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit / tipple

Jackson

7S 2W

4

SE NW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

24

6.5

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Fred J. Wills Coal Company (add)	Wills (add)	1936-1941	288,815

Total Production: 288,815

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

USGS topographic map, Vergennes

1968

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, Vergennes Quadrangle, 1968 - Mine outline, mining method.