Mine Index 0819 Oak Grove Coal Company, Oak Grove Mine

Mine Index Number: 0819

Company Name:	Oak Grove Coal Company
Mine Name:	Oak Grove Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	May 1953
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	73
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

9S 4E

19

NW SW NW

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

19

SW NW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

85-90

4.33-4.67

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

W. H. B. Coal Company (add)	W. H. B (add)	1936-1939	8,083

Oak Grove Coal Company (add)	Oak Grove (add)	1939-1953 Idle 1951	318,766

Total Production: 326,849

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_1462_01

4-5-1954

1:2400

1:2400

Final

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.

State archive map, IL_1462_01 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.