Mine Index 4116 Moore and Son Coal Company, Moore Mine

Mine Index Number: 4116

Company Name:	Moore and Son Coal Company
Mine Name:	Moore Mine
Start Date:	1931	End Date:	February 1958
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	165
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Later partially surface-mined by the Polinski Mine (mine index 4118).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 4E

29

SW NE SW Not shown on accompanying map due to later surface mining.

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

29

SW NE SW Not shown on accompanying map due to later surface mining.

Geology

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

Springfield

60-110

4.33

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Moore and Harrico (add)	Moore and Harrico (add)	1931-1932 Idle 1932	2,000

Moore and Son Coal Company (add)	Moore (add)	1933-1958	692,100

Total Production: 694,100

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353248

3-17-1958

1:1200

1:2400

Final

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.

Microfilm map, document 353248, reel 03142, frame 189 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.