Mine Index 3974 Southern Gem Coal Corporation, Southern Gem No. 4 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3974

Company Name:	Southern Gem Coal Corporation
Mine Name:	Southern Gem No. 4 Mine
Start Date:	1919	End Date:	June 1921
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	4
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 pit

Williamson

8S 2E

33

SW NW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

7.0

6.0

Surface

Geological Problems Reported

The coal is thicker to the north, where it is mined by a slope 100 yards north of the pit (mine index 3976, Diamond No. 1 Mine).

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Southern Gem Coal Corporation (add)	Southern Gem No. 4 (add)	1919-1921	28,366
Total Production: 28,366

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353173

3-1935

1:1200

1:4965

Secondary source

Microfilm, document 353230

2-10-1952

1:1200

1:1200

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, mine location & outline, seam, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 353173, reel 03142, frame 62, map of Carbon Fuel Mine (mine index 3976) - Mine location, mine outline, mining method.

Microfilm map, document 353230, reel 03142, frame 160, map of Red Ring Mine (mine index 6496) - Georegistration aid.