Mine Index 4084 Crab Orchard Coal Company, Crab Orchard Mine

Mine Index Number: 4084

Company Name:	Crab Orchard Coal Company
Mine Name:	Crab Orchard Mine
Start Date:	1939	End Date:	February 1951
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	48
Acres after map date:	10	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 3E

24

NE NE SE

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

19

NW NW SW

Geology

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

Springfield

85

4.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The source map shows a fault in the southwestern part of the mine that appeared to stop advancement in that direction.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

P. and G. Coal Company (add)	P. and G. (add)	1939-1939	1,135

Polinski and Gooch Coal Company (add)	Polinski and Gooch (add)	1940-1940	1,000

Crab Orchard Coal Company (add)	Crab Orchard (add)	1940-1950	202,785

Crab Orchard Coal Company (add)	Crab Orchard (add)	1950-1951	36,956

Total Production: 241,876

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_1607_01

1-22-1950

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, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.

Stae archive map, IL_1607_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.