Mine Index 4130 Cherry Hill Coal Company, Cherry Hill Mine

Mine Index Number: 4130

Company Name:	Cherry Hill Coal Company
Mine Name:	Cherry Hill Mine
Start Date:	1937	End Date:	February 1958
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	72
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

NW SE NE

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

30

NE SE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

102 (100-190)

4.5

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The source map shows a fault in the northeastern corner that halted eastward expansion. Water problems halted mining to the east.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Jesse Ozment (add)	Ozment (add)	1937-1938	8,424

Cherry Hill Coal Company (add)	Cherry Hill (add)	1939-1958	280,439

Total Production: 288,863

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, msha_550_01

3-12-1958

1:1200

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, msha_550_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.