Mine Index 3466 W. M. Slimp, Slimp Mine

Mine Index Number: 3466

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

Company Name:	W. M. Slimp
Mine Name:	Slimp Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	1936
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:
Historical plats indicate Frank Strech owned the surface, and the Slimp Mine may have re-opened a B. F. Strech or Frank Strech mine that operated much earlier (see the unlocated mines). In that case, as much as 60 acres may have been mined in the vicinity of the Slimp Mine.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Main shaft	Shelby	11N 3E	34	SE SW SE

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Shelbyville	22			1.67-2.83	Underground

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
William M. Slimp (add)	Slimp (add)	1936-1936	50
Total Production: 50

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
ISGS field notes (M. E. Hopkins)	6-1-1966	(text only)	1:24000	Secondary source

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
ISGS field notes (S. E. Ekblaw)	10-8-1931	(text only)	1:24000	Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Bibliography
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Bibliography
ISGS field notes (Shelby County) - Mine type, shaft location, depth, thickness, mine name.

Bibliography
Mine notes (Shelby County) - Shaft location.