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

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

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Cottonwood Coal Company 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. (add)	Cottonwood No. 1 (add)	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 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.

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.