Mine Index 4875 Lake Superior Coal Company, Williams Mine

Mine Index Number: 4875

Company Name:	Lake Superior Coal Company
Mine Name:	Williams Mine
Start Date:	Unknown	End Date:	Unknown
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	2
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. The Williams Mine is not shown on the accompanying map because of later surface mining by Peabody No. 15 Mine (mine index 0633).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft

Perry

6S 1W

5

NW NW NE

Shaft

Perry

5S 1W

32

SW SW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

30

5.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Fred Freeman (add)	Freeman (add)	1899-1900	2,000

William Williams (add)	Williams (add)	1900-1902	2,950

Unknown (add)	Williams (add)	1902-1903	3,750

Total Production: 8,700

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-16

7-2-1936

1:2400

1:2400

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-16, map of Gayle Mine (mine index 633) - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.