Mine Index 4091 White Heat Coal Company, White Heat Mine

Mine Index Number: 4091

Company Name:	White Heat Coal Company
Mine Name:	White Heat Mine
Start Date:	1935	End Date:	1940
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	2	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. This mine is not shown on the accompanying map due to later surface mining.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 4E

19

NE SE SW

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

19

NE SE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

35

5.5

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Hickory Coal Company (add)	Hickory (add)	1935-1935	770

Hickory Dell Coal Company (add)	Hickory Dell (add)	1936-1937	1,000

White Heat Coal Company (add)	White Heat (add)	1937-1940	2,560

Total Production: 4,330

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, MSHA_526_01

4-1-1939

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.

State archive map, MSHA_526_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.