Mine Index 4122 Ozmun Coal Company, Ozmun Mine

Mine Index Number: 4122

Company Name:	Ozmun Coal Company
Mine Name:	Ozmun Mine
Start Date:	1937	End Date:	1948
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	40
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

30

SE SE SE

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

30

SE SE SE

Geology

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

Springfield

75-150

4.06-4.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Sims and Harris Coal Company (add)	Sims and Harris (add)	1937-1938	8,635

Steel Tipple Coal Company (add)	Steel Tipple (add)	1938-1940	74,045

Angel and Harris (add)	Angel and Harris (add)	1941-1942	23,857

Steel Tipple Coal Company Changed ownership in 1943, but reported under the same name. (add)	Steel Tipple (add)	1942-1945 Idle 1944	21,332

Cosmic Coal Company (add)	Cosmic No. 1 (add)	1946-1946	3,540

Ozmun Coal Company (add)	Ozmun (add)	1947-1948	55,846

Total Production: 187,255

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_1528_01

9-30-1948

1:1200

1:1200

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, IL_1528_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.