Mine Index 4148 Sims Coal Company, Sims Mine

Mine Index Number: 4148

Company Name:	Sims Coal Company
Mine Name:	Sims Mine
Start Date:	1932	End Date:	December 1950
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	92
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

34

NE NE NW

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

34

NE NE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

160

4.17

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

A small fault is shown on the source maps in the southern part of the mine. This fault resulted in only minor disruptions of the mining pattern, with shortened rooms on one side of the fault and longer rooms on the other.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Sims Coal Company (add)	Sims (add)	1932-1932	2,000

Sims and Angel (add)	Sims and Angel (add)	1933-1935	7,000

Sims Coal Company (add)	Sims (add)	1936-1950	370,306

Total Production: 379,306

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, msha_510_01

1-31-1951

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_510_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-89 - Geologic problems.