Mine Index 2156 L. W. Saville, Big Creek Mine

Mine Index Number: 2156

Company Name:	L. W. Saville
Mine Name:	Big Creek Mine
Start Date:	1937	End Date:	1945
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:
The Big Creek Mine is not shown on the accompanying map due to later surface mining by the Cuba Mine (mine index 738).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Fulton

6N 4E

9

NW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

5.0

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Scott McGinnis (add)	Big Creek (add)	1937-1939	737

Jesse Williams (add)	Big Creek (add)	1939-1943	1,225

L. W. Saville (add)	Big Creek (add)	1944-1945	906

Total Production: 2,868

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.

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

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