Mine Index 4209 Morse Coal Company, Morse Mine

Mine Index Number: 4209

Company Name:	Morse Coal Company
Mine Name:	Morse Mine
Start Date:	1964	End Date:	September 1964
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	5
Production Indicated Acres:	3	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple / pit

Williamson

9S 4E

36

NW

Geology

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

Herrin

15

4.5

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Morse Coal Company (add)	Morse (add)	1964-1964	18,528

Leamington Coal Company (add)	William Morse (add)	1965-1965	not reported

George Turner (add)	Turner (add)	1966-1966	not reported Re-opened, then again abandoned in March 1966; production (if any) not reported

Total Production: 18,528

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Coal Section files, 7a-02-12

1965

1:8123

1:8123

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam depth, thickness, mining method.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, pit location.

Coal Section files, 7a-02-12, DMM surface mine updates on 1960 aerial photo base map - Mine outline.