Mine Index 2138 Little Sister Coal Company, Little Sister No. 6 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2138

Company Name:	Little Sister Coal Company
Mine Name:	Little Sister No. 6 Mine
Start Date:	1942	End Date:	August 1945
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	372 In a polygon that includes areas mined by Little Sister No. 6 Mine, United Electric No. 9 Mine (mine index 738), and Triple S Mine (mine index 2148). Production indicates Little Sister No. 6 Mine would have excavated approximately 110 acres.
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 or tipple

Fulton

6N 3E

20

NE SW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

25

6.0

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Central States Collieries (add)	Central States No. 6 (add)	1942-1944	675,345

Little Sister Coal Company (add)	Little Sister No. 6 (add)	1944-1945	386,217

Total Production: 1,061,56

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

NAIP digital ortho-photo quadrangle

2004

1:6000

1:6000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, mine location, seam.

National Agriculture Imagery Program map, digital ortho-photo quadrangle map, Lewistown Quadrangle, 2004 - Mine outline.

Coal Section files, 1-32-62, map of Central States Collieries - Mine location.