Mine Index 1019   Cottonwood Coal Company,   Cottonwood No. 1 Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Williamson unlocated
County: Williamson
Quadrangle: Johnston City
County Coal Data: Williamson
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 1019

Company Name: Cottonwood Coal Company
Mine Name: Cottonwood No. 1 Mine
Start Date: 1996 End Date: 1997
Type of Mine: Surface
Total acres shown: None
Acres after map date: 13 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Tipple / pit Williamson 8S 2E 33 SW NE
Pit Williamson 9S 2E 4 SW NE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Springfield 70 4.0 Surface

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Cottonwood Coal Company [1] Cottonwood No. 1 1996-1997 72,584
Total Production: 72,584

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Nelson, Catalog of Coal Mines 2003 (text only) 1:24000 [2] Secondary source
Coal Section files, 10-9-3 2003 Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
W.J. Nelson (ISGS), Catalog of Coal Mines in Williamson County - Mine locations.
Aerial photograph enlargement and DMM permit outline, Coal Section files 10-9-3 - Mine location.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. This is also the location of a mine known as Gordon & Price Coal Company, Pace No. 1 Mine that operated around 1999 and re-mined areas surface-mined by earlier operators.
  2. Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.