Mine Index 4133 W. R. Handkins, Handkins Mine

Mine Index Number: 4133

Company Name:	W. R. Handkins
Mine Name:	Handkins Mine
Start Date:	1935	End Date:	1940
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	7
Acres after map date:	1	General Area of mining acres shown:
This mine was later partially surface-mined.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 4E

31

NE SE NE

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

31

NE SE NE

Slope

Williamson

9S 4E

31

NE SE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

50

4.5

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The source map depicts a faulted area that apparently necessitated separate slopes and air shafts for different areas of the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Motsinger and Harris (add)	Motsinger and Harris No. 1 (add)	1935-1939	13,189

Red Dot Coal Company (add)	Red Dot (add)	1939-1939	3,393

W. R. Handkins (add)	Handkins (add)	1940-1940	5,322 Production after map date

Total Production: 21,904

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, msha_473_01

5-1939 This date is unreliable. Another map with the same date exists and shows considerably less mining. It appears that the mine workings were surveyed and extended without changing the map date. In addition, two small mines are shown on the source map. The southern mine was abandoned 12-15-1936, but appears to be part of this ownership. Faulting halted expansion and it appears that the operators moved north of the faulted zone to access their reserves.

1:1200

1:1200

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.

State archive map, msha_473_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.