Mine Index 4531 Sunnybrook Coal Company, Sunnybrook Mine

Mine Index Number: 4531

Company Name:	Sunnybrook Coal Company
Mine Name:	Sunnybrook Mine
Start Date:	1940	End Date:	February 1953
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	75
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:	39
The source map is incomplete, missing the easternmost extent of the mine. The mine probably encompassed approximately 95 acres. A general area of mining is shown on the eastern side of the mine.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 4E

20

NW NE SW

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

20

NE NE SW

Geology

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

Springfield

265-280

4.33-4.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Sunnybrook Coal Company (add)	Sunnybrook (add)	1940-1953	376,987
Total Production: 376,987

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, msha_519_01

2-20-1953

1:1200

1:1200

Incomplete / final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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_519_01 - Slope shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.