Mine Index 4580 Beecher-Williams Coal Company, Beecher-Williams No. 4 Mine

Mine Index Number: 4580

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

Company Name:	Beecher-Williams Coal Company
Mine Name:	Beecher-Williams No. 4 Mine
Start Date:	1956	End Date:	June 1957
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	Less than 1 acre
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

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Pit	Gallatin	10S 8E	17	SW NE

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Springfield	25			4.5	Surface

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Beecher-Williams Coal Company (add)	Beecher-Williams No. 4 (add)	1956-1957	17,766
Total Production: 17,766

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
USGS topographic map	PR 1990	1:24000	1:24000	Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Bibliography
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Bibliography
Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, depth, thickness.

Bibliography
USGS topographic map, Equality Quadrangle, 1959, photorevised 1990 - Mine outline.