Mine Index 3187 Wenzel Coal Company, Wenzel Pit No. 5

Mine Index Number: 3187

Company Name:	Wenzel Coal Company
Mine Name:	Wenzel Pit No. 5
Start Date:	1959	End Date:	August 1960
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:
Part of larger area surface-mined by various companies.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple / pit

Williamson

9S 2E

11

Geology

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

Herrin

25-30

8.0

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Wenzel Coal Company (add)	Wenzel Pit No. 5 (add)	1959-1960	1,885
Total Production: 1,885

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

(text only)

1:24000 The mine location was plotted onto a 1:24,000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, mine location.