Mine Index 4106 New Superior Coal Company, New Superior Mine

Disclaimer INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
	Unlocated Mines In:	Williamson unlocated
	County:	Williamson
	Quadrangle:	Crab Orchard
	County Coal Data:	Williamson
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 4106


Company Name:	New Superior Coal Company
Mine Name:	New Superior Mine
Start Date:	1938	End Date:	December 1946
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	78
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

27

NE NE SW

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

27

NW NE SW

New Prosperity slope

Williamson

9S 4E

27

NW SW ^[1]

Geology

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

Springfield

65-175

4.0-4.17

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

New Superior Coal Company ^[2] (add)	New Superior (add)	1938-1946	340,926

New Prosperity Coal Company (add)	New Prosperity (add)	1941-1941	none reported


Total Production: 340,926

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

State archive, il_1375_01

4-26-1947

1:1200

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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.

State archive map, il_1375_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

State archive map, IL_1395_01 - Mine information for New Prosperity Mine.

Mine Notes

M4106 minenotes.pdf

Mine Images

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	State Archive
	Map ID:	il_1375_01
	Company:	New Superior Coal Company
	Mine Name:	New Superior
	Caption:
	Map Date:	04-26-1947
	Map Status:	Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:
	More Info:	M4106 il 1375 01
	Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!	https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/williamson/m4106 il 1375 01.zip

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	State Archive
	Map ID:	IL_1395_01
	Company:	New Prosperity Coal Company
	Mine Name:	New Prosperity
	Caption:
	Map Date:	07-28-1941
	Map Status:
	Image Credit:
	Note:	This map is not georegistered, only used for the mine name and location. We believe "Range 4 W" as show on map is an error on the map and should be "Range 4 E"
	More Info:	IL 1395 01
	Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!	https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/williamson/IL 1395 01.tif

Photographs

Notes

↑ Not shown on accompanying map because of poor source map.
↑ The mine changed ownership in 1940, but reported under the same name. In 1946, this mine was also listed as C. C. Stump Coal Company.

[1] Not shown on accompanying map because of poor source map.

[2] The mine changed ownership in 1940, but reported under the same name. In 1946, this mine was also listed as C. C. Stump Coal Company.

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