Mine Index 4018 Southern Jewel Coal Company, Southern Jewel Mine

Mine Index Number: 4018

Company Name:	Southern Jewel Coal Company
Mine Name:	Southern Jewel Mine
Start Date:	1935	End Date:	1939
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	3	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. This mine was later surface mined by Wenzel Mine (mine index 0970).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 2E

12

SW NW SW

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 2E

12

SW NW SW

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 2E

12

NW NW SW

Geology

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

Springfield

30-35

4.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Southern Jewel Coal Company (add)	Southern Jewel (add)	1935-1939	8,329
Total Production: 8,329

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, MSHA_509_01

2-25-1939

1:1200

1:1200

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

State archive, MSHA_509_01 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.