Mine Index 5826 Simpson Coal Company, Simpson Mine

Mine Index Number: 5826

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

Company Name:	Simpson Coal Company
Mine Name:	Simpson Mine
Start Date:	1942	End Date:	1949
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	17
Acres after map date:		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
Main slope	Peoria	9N 7E	34	NE SW NE

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Air shaft	Peoria	9N 7E	34	NE 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	80-150			4.0	MRP

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Frank Williams and John Cannon (add)	Williams and Cannon (add)	1942-1943	1,098

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Vicary and Simpson Coal Company (add)	Vicary and Simpson (add)	1943-1943	7,399

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Simpson Coal Company (add)	Simpson (add)	1944-1949	70,374

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Total Production: 78,871

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
Microfilm, document 352190	3-31-1949	1:2400	1:3475	Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Bibliography
Mine notes (Peoria County) - Slope location, seam, depth, thickness.

Bibliography
Microfilm map, document 352190, reel 03138, frame 228 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.