Mine Index 3721 Georgetown Coal Company, Georgetown Mine

Mine Index Number: 3721

Company Name:	Georgetown Coal Company
Mine Name:	Georgetown Mine
Start Date:	1949	End Date:	April 1953
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	5
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit

Vermilion

17N 11W

2

NW SE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

10-60

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Grape Creek Coal Company Operator Walter Hilgeman (add)	Grape Creek (add)	1949-1951	22,608

Georgetown Coal Company (add)	Georgetown (add)	1952-1953	3,201

Total Production: 25,809

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352996

8-28-1953

1:1200

1:1655

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, seam, depth.

Microfilm map, document 352996, reel 03141, frame 139 - Mine location, mine outline, mining method.