Mine Index 7216 W. J. White Coal Company, White Mine

Mine Index Number: 7216

Company Name:	W. J. White Coal Company
Mine Name:	White Mine
Start Date:	1889	End Date:	1906
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	15	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Peoria

8N 7E

11

SW SE SE

Geology

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

Springfield

80-195

4.17-5.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

A. W. Moffat (add)	Moffat (add)	1889-1891	6,920

Burgess and Company (add)	Burgess (add)	1891-1892	3,700

Peter Kramp (add)	Kramp (add)	1892-1893	3,500

W. J. White Coal Company (add)	White (add)	1893-1906	46,215

Total Production: 60,335

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Standard Atlas of Peoria County

1896

1:31680

1:31680

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

Standard Atlas of Peoria County, 1896 - Drift location.