Mine Index 4065 Pickford Coal Company, Pickford No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 4065

Company Name:	Pickford Coal Company
Mine Name:	Pickford No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1933	End Date:	December 1950
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	117
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
This mine was partially surface-mined by the Utility Mine (mine index 4041).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 3E

11

NW SW SE

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 3E

11

NW SW SE

New slope

Williamson

9S 3E

11

NW SW SE Not shown on accompanying map because of later surface mining.

Geology

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

Herrin

60

5.0-6.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Moren Coal Company (add)	Moren (add)	1933-1947	517,949

Pickford Coal Company (add)	Moren (add)	1947-1948	69,206

Pickford Coal Company (add)	Pickford No. 2 (add)	1949-1950	24,810

Total Production: 611,965

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353222

4-7-1951

1:1200

1:2069

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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 353222, reel 03142, frames 147 & 148 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.