Mine Index 4129 Unity Coal Company, Incorporated, Unity No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 4129

Company Name:	Unity Coal Company, Incorporated
Mine Name:	Unity No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	January 1951
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	46 (Herrin Coal, 4 acres; Springfield Coal 42 acres)
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Most of the mine was later surface-mined by various later operators. Only a small segment of the mine outline is shown on the accompanying map.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 4E

30

NE SE NW Not shown on accompanying map because of later surface mining.

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

30

NE SE NW Not shown on accompanying map because of later surface mining.

Geology

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

Herrin

35

5.83

MRP

Springfield

126

4.33

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The source map shows a mining pattern in the eastern half of the mine that may indicate a fault trending northwest-southeast.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Knupp Coal Company (add)	Knupp (add)	1936-1936	3,473

Ozark Minerals Coal Company (add)	Ozark Minerals (add)	1937-1937	4,304

Union Mining Company (add)	Union (add)	1938-1939	6,099

Pinson Coal Company (add)	Pinson (add)	1939-1940	5,615

Union Mining Company (add)	Union (add)	1940-1947	118,595

Unity Coal Company, Incorporated (add)	Unity No. 1 (add)	1947-1951	69,258

Total Production: 207,344

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353242

12-9-1951

1:1200

1:1737

Final

Microfilm, document 353121

3-18-1939

1:1200

1:1324

Not 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.

Microfilm map, document 353242, reel 03142, frame 183 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Microfilm map, document 353121, reel 03141, frame 349 - Slope and air shaft locations.