Mine Index 0882 Forsyth-Energy, Inc., Energy Mine

Mine Index Number: 0882

Company Name:	Forsyth-Energy, Inc.
Mine Name:	Energy Mine
Start Date:	1947	End Date:	November 1972
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	3,365 (1,686 in Herrin Coal and 1,679 in Springfield Coal) The area shown is too large for the reported production. Other mines may have operated in this area, both surface and underground, resulting in the larger outline. See the back of this report for unlocated mines. This area may also include some workings for mine index 0814.
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple / pit

Williamson

9S 2E

4

NW SW NE

Pits

Williamson

8S 2E

28, 33, 34, 35

Pits

Williamson

9S 2E

2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10

Geology

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

Herrin

20-42

5.08-8.0

Surface

Springfield

40-55

3.17-3.5

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Morgan Mines, Inc. (add)	Morgan (add)	1947-1956	3,272,505

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Energy (add)	1956-1960	1,666,963

Forsyth-Energy Coal Company Merged with Forsyth-Energy Coal Company (mine index 0814), which mined mostly in the Herrin Quadrangle. (add)	Forsyth-Energy (add)	1961-1967	3,090,006

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Forsyth-Energy (add)	1968-1969	701,208

Forsyth-Energy, Inc. (add)	Energy (add)	1969-1972	1,252,977

Total Production: 9,983,659

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.W52 i5.1-180

5-1-1971

1:2400 or 24000

1:2400

Secondary source

Company

10-8-1956

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Company

5-27-1954

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

USGS topographic map

1976

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, mine location.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-180 - Mine outline (Herrin & Springfield Coals).

Company map, Old Ben Archive Collection - Mine outline (Springfield Coal).

Company map, Old Ben Archive Collection - Mine outline (Springfield Coal).

USGS topographic map, Johnston City Quadrangle, 1963, Photo-inspected 1976 - Mine outline.