Mine Index 0988 Morris Coal Company, Morris No. 7 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0988

Company Name:	Morris Coal Company
Mine Name:	Morris No. 7 Mine
Start Date:	1947	End Date:	September 1977
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	254
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 slope

Williamson

9S 4E

17

SW SW NW

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

17

NW SW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

184

4.33

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

The source map shows bad top in the western half of 17-T9S-R4E. Water was also noted at the northern end of the mine. The roof was 2.5 feet of black shale. The coal dipped to the north and east, too steeply for a mule to pull.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

New Norris Coal Company (add)	New Norris (add)	1947-1949	31,673

Norris-Wilson Coal Company (add)	Norris-Wilson (add)	1950-1952	6,403

Parton Coal Company (add)	Parton No. 2 (add)	1954-1969 Idle 1969	450,053

Morris Coal Company Buddy Morris attempted to re-open Parton No. 2 Mine, but difficulties with blasting in the nearby pits of Amax Delta mine (mine index 0702) resulted in a court case attempting to stop Delta personnel from blasting while the underground miners were at work. This underground mine was closed in early 1980 and bought by Amax Coal Company to surface mine the Herrin Coal above this mine. Morris still owned the Springfield Coal, but the mining of the coal was unlikely due to the fracturing of the roof from the surface mine explosives. (add)	Morris No. 7 (add)	1978-1979	213,256

Total Production: 701,385

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, MSHA_471_01

9-12-1979

1:2400

1:2400

Final

State archive, MSHA_470_01

1-2-1979

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Microfilm, document 353290

7-28-1969

1:2400

1:4966

Final This map is final for the workings shown when this mine closed in 1969. When this mine reopened in 1978, it did not mine further in the areas shown on this map.

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, geologic problems

State archive map, MSHA_471_01 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline (western), mining method.

State archive map, MSHA_470_01 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline (eastern), mining method.

Microfilm map, document 353290, reel 03142, frame 246 - Geologic problems.