Mine Index 3038 White Ash Coal Company, White Ash Mine

Mine Index Number: 3038

Company Name:	White Ash Coal Company
Mine Name:	White Ash Mine
Start Date:	1929	End Date:	1944
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	54
Acres after map date:	10	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Peoria

8N 7E

24

NW NE NW

Slope

Peoria

8N 7E

14

NE SE SE

Air Shaft

Peoria

8N 7E

14

SE SW SE

Geology

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

Springfield

180-200

4.33

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Middle Road Coal Company (add)	Middle Road (add)	1929-1940	179,972

White Ash Coal Company (add)	White Ash (add)	1941-1942	29,083

White Ash Coal Company (add)	White Ash (add)	1942-1944	44,170 Production after map date

Total Production: 253,225

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.P41 i5.1-16

7-7-1942

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Peoria County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.P41 i5.1-16 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.