Mine Index 2238 Premier White Ash Coal Company, White Ash Mine

Mine Index Number: 2238

Company Name:	Premier White Ash Coal Company
Mine Name:	White Ash Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1943
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	3	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. Not shown on accompanying map due to later surface mining by Elm No. 2 Mine (mine index 706).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Fulton

8N 3E

22

SW SW SW

Geology

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

Springfield

30

4.33-5.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

White Ash Coal Company (add)	White Ash (add)	1934-1935	5,306

Premier Coal Company (add)	White Ash (add)	1936-1936	150

Premier White Ash Coal Company (add)	White Ash (add)	1937-1941	4,875

White Ash Coal Company (add)	White Ash (add)	1942-1942	563

Premier White Ash Coal Company (add)	White Ash (add)	1943-1943	200

Total Production: 11,094

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.

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

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