Mine Index 3949 Cambria Coal Company, Cambria Mine

Mine Index Number: 3949

Company Name:	Cambria Coal Company
Mine Name:	Cambria Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1940
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	3 A portion of the east side of the mine was later surface-mined by Cambria No. 1 Mine (mine index 1027).
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

8S 1E

29

NE NW SW Not shown on the accompanying map because of later surface mining. The mine location on source maps for the Cambria Mine were incorrect, and the same surveyor gave two different locations (E ½ NE SW 29-T8S-R1E and SE NW 29-T8S-R1E). A secondary source (map of Number Six Coal Company) was used to locate the mine, because there weren’t enough features (section corners, streams or railroads) to deduce the correct location from the Cambria Mine (mine index 3949) source maps.

Air shaft

Williamson

8S 1E

29

NE NW SW Not shown on the accompanying map because of later surface mining. The mine location on source maps for the Cambria Mine were incorrect, and the same surveyor gave two different locations (E ½ NE SW 29-T8S-R1E and SE NW 29-T8S-R1E). A secondary source (map of Number Six Coal Company) was used to locate the mine, because there weren’t enough features (section corners, streams or railroads) to deduce the correct location from the Cambria Mine (mine index 3949) source maps.

Geology

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

Herrin

71

9

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Cambria Coal Company (add)	Cambria (add)	1934-1940	21,153

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353075

4-19-1940

1:1200

1:993

Final

Microfilm, document 353277

1-4-1946

1:2400

1:3807

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 353075, reel 03141, frame 268 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Microfilm map, document 353277, reel 03142, frame 221, map of Number Six Coal Company (mine index 3948) - Mine location.