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Mines
in Williamson County, IL
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No mines in following twps: Corinth, Creal Springs, Grassy, Stone Fort or Southern
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Mine |
Section |
Opened |
Closed |
1915 State List |
Other |
| Weaver #2, then Old Ben #20 | 01 | Sep 1902 | 1938 | 1902 closed due to quick sand, reopened in 1904 then 1921 sold to Old Ben, mine camp | |
| Western Coal #1 | 05 | 1902 | open | by Western Coal & Mining, Bush mine camp | |
| unknown | 07 | by Johnson Hubbs | |||
| Mine #1 | 08 | by Paralee Murphy, near Bush | |||
| Clifford or Consolidated #8 | 14 | 1902 | 1923 | by OL Garrson, mine camp | |
| Mine #12 | 20 | 1908 | 1932 | ||
| Madison #9 | 22 | 1901 | open | by John Colp, west side of Colp, sold in 1906 | |
| Sunnyside #1 | 25 | Sep 1899 | 1925 | open |
Sunnyside Mine west of Herrin 1920's |
| unknown | 26 | ||||
| Madison #27 | 27 | ||||
| Perrine | 28 | 1903 | by William A Perrine, 1920 Bobby Dick Mine | ||
| unknown | 30 | 1900 | 1920 | by Mark Rendleman | |
| Cambria | 32 | 1904 | by Thomas Jones | ||
| Dewmaine or Madison #8 | 34 | open | by Samuel T Brush, mine camp | ||
| Dawes Shaft Mine #8 | 35 | 1893 | by Samuel T Brush, riots in 1898, last non union mine | ||
| Pumpkin Ridge | 36 | 1903 | 1925 | open | by Henry Hafer, mine camp |
| Blue Blaze #2 | unk | ||||
| Bobby Dick Mine |
4 miles NE of Herrin |
aka Pond Creek Mine aka Freeman No. 1 Mine |
| Mine | Section | Opened | Closed | 1915 State List | Other |
| unknown | 02 | a mile east of Carterville | |||
| unknown | 05 | by OL Garrison & EA Hitchcock | |||
| Hickory Hill | unk | open | by Chicago & Carterville Coal Co, NW of Carterville | ||
| Burr C | unk | open | by Carterville Coal Co | ||
| Madison #12 | unk | ||||
| unknown | unk | open | owned by HM Ghent | ||
| unknown | unk | abandoned | operated by Donally-Koenecke Coal Co |
| Mine | Section | Opened | Closed | 1915 State List | Other |
| unknown | 09 | on 1876 plate map | |||
| unknown | 10 | on 1876 plate map | |||
| unknown | 19 | on 1876 plate map | |||
| Old Delta | 28 | ||||
| unknown | 29 | on 1876 plate map | |||
| unknown | 30 | on 1876 plate map | |||
| unknown | 32 | on 1876 plate map | |||
| unknown | unk | owned by GE Hampton & John W Harris | |||
| unknown | unk | abandoned | was operated by Motsinger & Sims |
| Mine | Section | Opened | Closed | 1915 State List | Other |
| Mine #2 | 01 | 1898 | abandoned | by Southern ILL Coal | |
| Mine #3 | 01 | 1902 | by Washing Coal | ||
| Mine #1 | 02 | 1893 | by CC Cox | ||
| Mine #8 | 02 | open | by Big Muddy Coal & Coke | ||
| Franco | 03 | ||||
| Spillertown | 06 | on 1876 map in 1920 by OVC & C Coal Co | |||
| unknown | 32 | 1901 | by Chicago & Big Muddy Coal | ||
| Peabody #3 | unk | open | in Marion | ||
| unknown | unk | open, also as abandoned | owned by Brinkly Miles & WR Handkins in Marion |
unknown mine near Herrin 1930's
| Mine | Section | Opened | Closed | 1915 State List | Other |
| Possum Ridge | 04 | 1908 | in Freeman Spur, Dell'era, Orville & Dillard mine camps formed Freeman Spur | ||
| unknown | 08 | ||||
| Stiritz #1 | 11 | 1938 | |||
| Stiritz #2 | 11 | 1938 | |||
| Old Ben #18 | 12 | ||||
| Mine B #17 | 17 | ||||
| Old Squirrel | 18 | ||||
| Mine #7 | 20 | 1896 | 1939 | open | by Big Muddy Coal & Iron |
| Jefferies | 22 | 1904 | 1952 | open | by Carterville & Herrin Coal |
| Prosperity | 24 | 1903 | open | by Johnston City & Big Muddy Coal | |
| New Virginia | 25 | 1902 | by New York Coal | ||
| Carterville Mine District | 26 | 1901 | 1915 | reopened in 1920 as Fergestown mine | |
| unknown | 29 | 1904 | 1952 | open | by St Louis & Carterville Coal |
| Nubbing Ridge | 30 | 1900 | by Alexander Coal Co | ||
| Hemlock--Taylor #3 | 30 | ||||
| Taylor #1 | 31 | 1907 | open | by Carterville Coal, 1915 as Taylor Mining | |
| Taylor #2 | 31 | 1907 | open | by Carterville Coal, 1915 as Taylor Mining | |
| Walnut Ridge | 31 | open, also as abandoned | by Carterville Coal, 1915 as Taylor Mining | ||
| Oak Ridge-- Taylor #4 | 32 | abandoned | by Carterville Mining | ||
| Top Ridge | 33 | ||||
| Big Muddy Mine | 35 | 1910 | 1929 | ||
| Blue Blaize #20 | unk | ||||
| unknown Herrin Mine | |||||
| Pond Creek Coal | unk | open | |||
| WP Rend Coal & Coke #2 | unk | open |
| Mine | Section | Opened | Closed | 1915 State List | Other |
| unknown | 01 | not worked | by WC & CM | ||
| unknown | 08 | 1903 | by WC & CM | ||
| unknown | 12 | by Madison Coal | |||
| Seranton Mine #1 | 14 | 1904 | by BMC & I | ||
| unknown | 18 | open | by Consolidated Coal St Louis | ||
| unknown | 19 | 1902 | 1930 due to flooding | ||
| 4 C's Mine | 19 | 1900 | by Chicago & Carterville Coal | ||
| unknown | 23 | 1904 | by Anderson Coal | ||
| unknown | 24 | 1897 | by Williamson County Coal | ||
| unknown | 25 | 1901 | by SS Coal | ||
| unknown | 26 | 1903 | by Daniel K Coal Co | ||
| unknown | 28 | by RD Coal Co | |||
| Old Ben #17 | 29 | ||||
| unknown | 30 | by Williamson County Coal | |||
| White Ash | 31 | 1903 | 1922 | operated by Charles Agent | |
| McClintock Mine #1 | 32 | open | by Standard Colliery | ||
| New Ohio #2 | 33 | by Big Muddy Coal | |||
| unknown | 33 | 1890 | by Chicago & Herrin Coal | ||
| Mine #2 | 34 | 1899 | by CC Coal | ||
| Mine #3 | 34 | 1903 | by CC Coal | ||
| Pittsburg | 35 | 1906 | by Colp Coal, sold in 1918 | ||
| New Ohio #3 | 36 | 1915 | open | by Big Muddy Coal | |
| East Side Mine | unk | winter 1924, 33 miners died | |||
| West Side Mine | unk | open |
| Mine | Section | Opened | Closed | 1915 State List | Other |
| Mine #2 | 01 | 1898 | by Southern ILL Coal | ||
| Mine #3 | 01 | 1902 | by Washing Coal | ||
| CC Cox #1 | 02 | 1893 | by CC Cox | ||
| unknown | 02 | by Big Muddy Coal & Coke | |||
| Watson #1 | 03 | 1904 | open |
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| Crenshaw #3, "Lester Mine" | 03 | east of Crenshaw, location of Herrin Mine Riots 1922 | |||
| Mine #3 | 12 | 1910 | |||
| unknown | 32 | 1901 | open | by Chicago & Big Muddy Coal |
On the 1915 State List of open mines there was also a West Virginia mine #1, New Enterprise Coal Co and a Carterville & Big Muddy Coal Co mine.
