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Disclaimer INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
	Unlocated Mines In:	Franklin unlocated, Williamson unlocated
	County:	Williamson Franklin
	Quadrangle:	Johnston City Pittsburg West Frankfort Thompsonville
	County Coal Data:	Williamson Franklin
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 0448


Company Name:	Old Ben Coal Corporation
Mine Name:	Old Ben No. 9 Mine
Start Date:	1913	End Date:	February 1968
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	6,241
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Hoist shaft

Franklin

7S 3E

20

SE NE SE

A shaft (material, air, escape)

Franklin

7S 3E

20

SE SW NE

C shaft (auxiliary)

Franklin

7S 3E

29

NE SE SE

D shaft (auxiliary, air, escape)

Franklin

7S 3E

27

SW SE SW

E shaft (air, man/material)

Williamson

8S 3E

2

SW SW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

440-482

6.0

9.3

9.0

HER,RPPRPP over most of mine; some pillars removed over most of the mine, in some areas very few pillars left.

Geological Problems Reported

The mine had some gas. An explosion in 1923 killed one man. Top coal (15 to 24 inches) was generally left to protect the gray shale roof. The underclay showed a tendency to heave and squeeze, sometimes even before mining was completed.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Old Ben Coal Corporation (add)	Old Ben No. 9 (add)	1913-1968 Idle 1929-1943. One of the shafts was used for disposal of acid water after 1968.	42,588,301

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Company, Old Ben Archive Collection

2-15-1968

1:2400

Final

Company, 4102 i5.1-127

2-18-1968

1:4800

1:9931

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, mining method, geologic problems.

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

Mine notes (Franklin County) - Mine type, shaft locations, seam, thickness, geologic problems.

Company may, Old Ben Coal Company Archive Collection - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4102 i5.1-127 - Mine outline (southern).

Mine Notes

Mine Images

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	State Archive
	Map ID:	msha_540_03
	Company:	Old Ben Coal Corporation
	Mine Name:	Old Ben No. 9
	Caption:
	Map Date:	02-15-1968
	Map Status:	Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:
	More Info:	M0448 MSHA 540 03
	Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!	https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/williamson/m0448 MSHA 540 03.zip

Photographs

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 ==Mine Notes==