Mine Index 3948 Number Six Coal Company, No. 6 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3948

Company Name:	Number Six Coal Company
Mine Name:	No. 6 Mine
Start Date:	1939	End Date:	June 1948
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	20
Acres after map date:	14	General Area of mining acres shown:
The western part of this mine was later surface-mined by S. Coal Company, Cambria No. 1 Mine (mine index 1027).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

8S 1E

29

NE SW SE

Air shaft

Williamson

8S 1E

29

NW SW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

100-120

4.0-7.0

MRP

Springfield

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Plumlee Coal Company (add)	Plumlee (add)	1939-1943	58,098

Gentry Coal Company (add)	Plumlee (add)	1943-1943	3,754

Plumlee Coal Company (add)	Plumlee (add)	1944-1944	9,004

New Black Diamond Coal Company (add)	New Black Diamond No. 6 (add)	1944-1945	60,660

Number Six Coal Company (add)	No. 6 (add)	1946-1948	95,004

Total Production: 226,520

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353277

1-4-1946

1:2400

1:3807

Not final

Microfilm, document 353113

11-12-1944

1:1200

1:1407

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, slope location, seam.

Microfilm map, document 353277, reel 03142, frame 221 - Air shaft location, mine outline (northern part), mining method.

Microfilm map, document 353113, reel 03141, frame 336 - Slope location, mine outline (southern part).