The mine was located in Section 2, Township 9, Range 2 East with its wooden coal tipple due north of the current Kokopelli subdivision and just slightly south of Decatur Road (see attached maps).
In 1904 the mine had a depth of 80 feet, mining 8 feet of coal, with a wooden tipple and a daily capacity of 1,200 tons. In 1913, the average daily capacity was 1,800 tons and the monthly payroll was $30,000.
Illinois coal mine reports indicate that this mine was a roof and pillar shaft mine. It worked a coal seam that was 7 to 10 feet thick over 565 acres at a depth of 103 feet. Between 1900 and 1908 it produced an annual output of 1,002,692 tons of coal. From 1908 to 1925, it produced an annual output of 3,634,203 tons for a total mine output of 4,636,895 tons. The main shaft was 9 x 13 feet. Coal was moved from the mine by the C & EI railroad.
The mine was reached by its employees chiefly by the Coal Belt and Electric railway from numerous points in Marion, Energy, Herrin and Carterville, Illinois.
It was worked by local union 1380 U. M. W. of A., chartered July 3, 1900, with W. A. Sanders, president and John Sanders as secretary. In 1904 the union had a membership of 175 with Hunter McAlphin, president and John Hill as secretary.
The mine became played out and inactive in 1925. Most of the property surrounding it was later stripped out by the Peabody Coal Company leaving strip hills in its wake surrounding this location.
(Photos from the Williamson County Historical Society, data from 1905 Souvenir History, WCHS; Illinois Geological Survey Mine Data PDF, Page 12; compiled by Sam Lattuca on 02/20/2013)