Mine Index 5826 Simpson Coal Company, Simpson Mine

Mine Index Number: 5826

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

Main slope

Peoria

9N 7E

34

NE SW NE

Air shaft

Peoria

9N 7E

34

NE SW NE

Geology

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

Springfield

80-150

4.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Frank Williams and John Cannon (add)	Williams and Cannon (add)	1942-1943	1,098

Vicary and Simpson Coal Company (add)	Vicary and Simpson (add)	1943-1943	7,399

Simpson Coal Company (add)	Simpson (add)	1944-1949	70,374

Total Production: 78,871

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

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)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

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