Mine Index 0606 Truax Traer Coal Company, Burning Star Underground Mine

Mine Index Number: 0606

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

Company Name:	Truax Traer Coal Company
Mine Name:	Burning Star Underground Mine
Start Date:	1941	End Date:	October 1965
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,837
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Slope	Jackson	8S 1W	4	SW NE NW

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Drift	Jackson	8S 1W	6	NE NW NW (2 drifts)

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Air drift	Jackson	8S 1W	6	NE NW NW

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Drift	Jackson	7S 2W	36	NE SE NE

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Air drift	Jackson	7S 2W	36	NE NE NE

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Drift	Jackson	7S 2W	25	SE NE SE (5 drifts)

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Drift	Jackson	7S 2W	25	NE SE SE

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Air shaft	Jackson	7S 1W	33	NE SE SW

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Air shaft	Jackson	7S 1W	32	NW SE SW

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Air shaft	Jackson	7S 1W	31	SW SW SE

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Herrin	40-130			6.0-7.0	MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was difficult to keep up near the slope and to the south, which may have been related to the split coal area. The drift entrance accessed coal with a normal marine roof (black slatey shale, sometimes underlain by gray shale, with a limestone caprock). Most of the Burning Star slope had a gray shale roof, with the associated low sulfur content of the “Quality Circle” coal. A large fault runs from the northwest to the southeast through the center of the mine.

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Truax Traer Coal Company (add)	Burning Star Underground (add)	1941-1965	11,760,884

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
Microfilm, document 352518	10-9-1965	11:2400	1:5297	Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Bibliography
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness.

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

Bibliography
Mine notes (Jackson County) - Mine type, slope location, geologic problems.

Bibliography
Microfilm map, document 352518, reel 03139, frames 232-237 - Shaft, drift & slope locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.