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

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Unlocated Mines In: Williamson unlocated
County: Williamson
Quadrangle: Crab Orchard
County Coal Data: Williamson
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
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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 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.

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 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized. 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.

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