Mine Index 5457 William Thomas Coal Company, Thomas Mine

Mine Index Number: 5457

Company Name:	William Thomas Coal Company
Mine Name:	Thomas Mine
Start Date:	1893	End Date:	1904
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	3	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

La Salle

31N 3E

9

NW NW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

30-50

4.5-5.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

D. W. Thorn (add)	Thorn (add)	1893-1894	600

William D. Thorn (add)	Thorn (add)	1894-1897	1,837

D. W. Thorn (add)	Thorn (add)	1897-1898	850

William Thomas Coal Company (add)	Thomas (add)	1898-1904	10,601

Total Production: 13,888

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

1:62500

1:24000The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitilized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (La Salle County) - Slope location.