Mine Index 2839 M. and M. Watts Coal Company, Watts Mine

Mine Index Number: 2839

Company Name:	M. and M. Watts Coal Company
Mine Name:	Watts Mine
Start Date:	Unknown	End Date:	Unknown
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
No production reported under this name; years of operation unknown. William Watts was actively mining when the History of Madison County was written, probably 1880-1881.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Madison

6N 10W

35

NE NE NW

Geology

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

Colchester

18

3.0

6.0

3.0

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

William Watts (add)

M. and M. Watts (add)

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS mine notes

undated

(text only)

1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Madison County) - Mine index, ownership.

Mine notes (Madison County) - Shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

History of Madison County, Illinois; published by W. R. Brink & Co., Edwardsville, Illinois, 1882 - Years of operation.