Mine Index 4160 Sugar Creek Coal Company, Sugar Creek No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 4160

Company Name:	Sugar Creek Coal Company
Mine Name:	Sugar Creek No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1956	End Date:	August 1959
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	1	General Area of mining acres shown:
The mine area is within a larger surface mine.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple / pit

Williamson

10S 4E

17

NW SW NW

Pit

Williamson

10S 4E

17

SE NE

Geology

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

Dekoven

20-28

5.5

Surface

Davis

1.67-2.5

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Sugar Creek Coal Company The mine changed ownership in May 1959, but continued to operate under the same name. (add)	Sugar Creek No. 1 (add)	1956-1959	10,608
Total Production: 10,608

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

USGS topographic map

1978

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

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, mine location, seam, depth, thickness.

USGS topographic map, Crab Orchard Quadrangle, 1965, Photorevised 1990 - Mine outline, mining method.