Mine Index 4093 Knight and Turner Coal Company, Knight and Turner Mine

Mine Index Number: 4093

Company Name:	Knight and Turner Coal Company
Mine Name:	Knight and Turner Mine
Start Date:	1937	End Date:	December 1953
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	74
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 4E

19

NW NW NW

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

19

NW NW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

96-150

4.33-4.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Norris Coal Company (add)	Norris (add)	1937-1937	709

Turner Coal Company (add)	Turner (add)	1938-1940	42,343

Norris Coal Company (add)	Norris (add)	1941-1943	65,315

Knight and Turner Coal Company (add)	Knight and Turner (add)	1943-1943	11,295

Turner-Knight-Turner (add)	Turner-Knight-Turner (add)	1944-1944	20,733

Knight and Turner Coal Company (add)	Knight and Turner (add)	1945-1953	125,473

Total Production: 265,868

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, msha_575_01

11-8-1953

1:1200

1:1200

Final The source map states “Final Survey”. The Coal Report production listed for December 1953 may have come from a stockpile rather than additional mining.

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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_575_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.