Mine Index 4532   Sugar Creek Coal Company,   Sugar Creek No. 2 Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Williamson unlocated
County: Williamson
Quadrangle: Crab Orchard
County Coal Data: Williamson
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 4532

Company Name: Sugar Creek Coal Company
Mine Name: Sugar Creek No. 2 Mine
Start Date: 1957 End Date: July 1959
Type of Mine: Surface
Total acres shown: None
Production Indicated Acres: 6 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Tipple / pit Williamson 10S 4E 17 SW NE [1]

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Dekoven Surface
Davis 25-30 5.0-5.67 Surface

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Liberty Coal Company Liberty No. 1 1957-1957 45,860
Sugar Creek Coal Company Sugar Creek No. 2 1958-1959 7,138
Total Production: 52,998

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Mine notes Undated (text only) 1:24000 [2] Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. The mine notes only gave the section number. It is likely Sugar Creek No. 2 mine is near or adjacent to the Sugar Creek No. 1 Mine (mine index 4160) in SE NE or near the Jennings Mine (mine index 4159) in SW SE NW.
  2. Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.