Mine Index 0935 Western Mining, Inc., Western Mine

Mine Index Number: 0935

Company Name:	Western Mining, Inc.
Mine Name:	Western Mine
Start Date:	1974	End Date:	1975
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	None
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

Williamson

10S 4E

34

NE SE

Geology

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

Mt. Rorah

Surface

Geological Problems Reported

The coal contained bony lenses, especially near the top of the seam.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Western Mining, Inc. (add)	Western (add)	1974-1975	none reported The name and county of this mine were reported in the 1975 Coal Report (p. 15), and that it opened in August (presumably 1974) and was idled in June, but no production was reported in 1974, 1975, or 1976 in the production tables of the Coal Reports. Production, if any, is not known.
Total Production: none reported The name and county of this mine were reported in the 1975 Coal Report (p. 15), and that it opened in August (presumably 1974) and was idled in June, but no production was reported in 1974, 1975, or 1976 in the production tables of the Coal Reports. Production, if any, is not known.

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes (John Nelson)

8-24-1977

1:2880

1:24000

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, tipple / pit location, seam, geologic problems.