Mine Index 3998 Prosperity Coal Company, Prosperity No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3998

Company Name:	Prosperity Coal Company
Mine Name:	Prosperity No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1924	End Date:	1925
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. This surface-mined area was later enlarged by P. R. S. Mine (mine index 4522) and this mine is not shown on the accompanying map.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit

Williamson

9S 1E

4

NE NW SE

Tipple

Williamson

9S 1E

4

NE NE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

9.5-10.0

Surface

Geological Problems Reported

The pit holed into old workings on the east end, probably Hafer No. 1 Mine (mine index 3992).

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Prosperity Coal Company (add)	Prosperity No. 1 (add)	1924-1925	5,518

Total Production: 5,518

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Nelson, Catalog of Coal Mines

2003

(text only)

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, seam, geologic problems.

W. J. Nelson (ISGS), Catalog of Coal Mines in Williamson County - Mine location.