Mine Index 2058 Waller Coal Company, Waller Mine

Mine Index Number: 2058

Company Name:	Waller Coal Company
Mine Name:	Waller Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1947
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	20
Production Indicated Acres:	11	General Area of mining acres shown:
The mine outline shown on the accompanying map is approximately twice as large as expected. The reason for the disparity is unknown.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Edgar

14N 10W

6

SE NW NE

Air shaft

Edgar

14N 10W

6

NE SW NE

Geology

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

Danville

150-155

4.33

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Greenwalt Coal Company (add)	Greenwalt (add)	1934-1943 Idle 1943	32,588

Henry Clay Coal Company (add)	Clay (add)	1944-1945 Idle 1945	192 Production after map date

Waller Coal Company (add)	Waller (add)	1946-1947	1,320 Production after map date

Total Production: 34,100

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351408

5-5-1942

1:1200

1:2152

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Edgar County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351408, reel 03136, frame 26 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.