Mine Index 3854 William Smith Coal Company, Smith Mine

Mine Index Number: 3854

Company Name:	William Smith Coal Company
Mine Name:	Smith Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	February 1941
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	Less than 1
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Vermilion

19N 12W

21

NW SW NE

Air slope

Vermilion

19N 12W

21

NW SW NE

Geology

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

Danville

50-90

5.67-6.67

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Jim and Jim Coal Company (add)	Jim and Jim (add)	1936-1937	267

Jim and Jim Coal Company (add)	Jim and Jim (add)	1937-1938	271 Production after map date

Jones and Truax Coal Company (add)	Jones and Truax (add)	1938-1939	613 Production after map date

William Smith Coal Company (add)	Smith (add)	1939-1941	1,740 Production after map date

Total Production: 2,891

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352985

11-8-1937

1:1200

1:1076

Incomplete

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, slope location, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.

Microfilm map, document 352985, reel 03141, frame 128 - Slope locations, mine outline, mining method.