Mine Index 4075 Fred Oakley, Oakley Mine

Mine Index Number: 4075

Company Name:	Fred Oakley
Mine Name:	Oakley Mine
Start Date:	1935	End Date:	1941
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	1	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. This mine was later stripped out and is not shown on the accompanying map.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 3E

25

SE NW SE

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 3E

25

SE NW SE

Geology

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

Springfield

40

4.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Buckner Coal Company (add)	Buckner (add)	1935-1937	2,438

Beltz Coal Company (add)	Beltz (add)	1937-1937	750

Purity Coal Company (add)	Purity (add)	1938-1938	1,200

Sunshine Coal Company (add)	Sunshine (add)	1939-1939	52

Oakley and Stubblefield (add)	Oakley and Stubblefield (add)	1940-1940	57

Fred Oakley This mine was identified as the Oakley & Ogden mine on the source map, but it reported as Fred Oakley. (add)	Oakley (add)	1941-1941	120

Fred Oakley (add)	Oakley (add)	1941-1941	480 Production after map date.

Total Production: 5,097

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_1382_01

2-12-1941

1:1200

1:1200

Not final

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, seam, depth, thickness.

State archive map, IL_1382_01 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.