Mine Index 7166 Wild and Gill, Willis Mine

Mine Index Number: 7166

Company Name:	Wild and Gill
Mine Name:	Willis Mine
Start Date:	1889	End Date:	1900
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	8 Production indicates approximately 26 acres were mined. A general area of mining has been added to the accompanying map to indicate the probable location of this mining.
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 shaft

Jackson

8S 2W

33

NW SE SW

Geology

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

Murphysboro

130-140

6.0-7.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Daniel P. Willis (add)	Willis (add)	1889-1898	131,247

Wild and Gill (add)	Willis (add)	1898-1900	20,870

Total Production: 152,117

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.J31 i5.1-37

ca. 1931

1:31680

1:31680

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 (Jackson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

ISGS map library, 4103.J31 i5.1-37 sheets 3 and 5 - Shaft location, mine outline.