Mine Index 4080 White Cat Coal Company, White Cat Mine

Mine Index Number: 4080

Company Name:	White Cat Coal Company
Mine Name:	White Cat Mine
Start Date:	1933	End Date:	1940
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	4
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. The area was later surface-mined, and this mine 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

NE NW SE

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 3E

25

NE NW SE

Geology

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

Springfield

37-42

3.5-4.3

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Charles J. Bruce (add)	Bruce (add)	1933-1938	9,362

Charles J. Bruce (add)	Bruce (add)	1938-1939	384 Production after map date.

White Cat Coal Company (add)	White Cat (add)	1940-1940	100 Production after map date.

Total Production: 9,846

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353078

11-15-1938

1:1200

1:1572

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, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 353078, reel 03141, frame 272 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.