Mine Index 4125 Willow Springs Coal Company, Willow Springs Mine

Mine Index Number: 4125

Company Name:	Willow Springs Coal Company
Mine Name:	Willow Springs Mine
Start Date:	1935	End Date:	1944
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	38
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
This mine was later partially stripped out by later surface mining.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 4E

30

SE NW SE

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

30

SE NW SE

Geology

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

Springfield

60

4.5

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

A southwest-northeast trending fault was shown on a company map north of the slope and air shaft.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Willow Springs Coal Company (add)	Willow Springs (add)	1935-1944	149,854
Total Production: 149,854

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, MSHA_527_01

1-5-1944

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, MSHA_527_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-111 - Geologic problems.