Mine Index 3973 Puritan Coal Company, Puritan No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3973

Company Name:	Puritan Coal Company
Mine Name:	Puritan No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1923	End Date:	1936
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	13
Acres after map date:	13	General Area of mining acres shown:
The mine was later partially surface-mined.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

8S 2E

33

SE NW SE

Geology

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

Springfield

60

4.17 (3.75-4.5)

RP

Geological Problems Reported

A 1924 death was attributed to “fumes”, and may be an indication of gas in the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Wilco Mining Company (add)	Wilco (add)	1923-1925	19,778

Puritan Coal Company (add)	Puritan No. 1 (add)	1926-1936	74,230

Total Production: 94,008

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS Coal Section files

1946 The outline is somewhat generalized and is labeled “Wilco Slope”; the outline is probably not final.

1:15600

1:15600

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.

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.

ISGS Coal Section files, Map Case 3, G-9, composite map by Franklin County Coal Company - Mine outline, slope location.