Mine Index 4234 Wilson and Cisne, Wilson and Cisne Mine

Mine Index Number: 4234

Company Name:	Wilson and Cisne
Mine Name:	Wilson and Cisne Mine
Start Date:	1920	End Date:	1924
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Jackson

9S 1W

36

NE NE NE

Geology

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

Murphysboro

44

6.0-7.0

Underground

Geological Problems Reported

Pyrite lenses were noted in the seam.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Wilson and Eaton (add)	Wilson and Eaton (add)	1920-1922	4,100 Mines producing less than 10,000 tons were not listed in the 1922 Coal Report.

Wilson and Cisne (add)	Wilson and Cisne (add)	1922-1924	3,700

Total Production: 7,800

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes (William Netzeband)

6-3-1921

(text only)

1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

ISGS field notes (Jackson County) - Mine type, slope location, depth, thickness, geologic problems.