Mine Index 0921 Wabash Mine Holding Company, Wabash Mine

Mine Index Number: 0921

Company Name:	Wabash Mine Holding Company
Mine Name:	Wabash Mine
Start Date:	1973	End Date:	2007
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	14,069
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
This mine extends into Indiana

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Wabash

2S 13W

10

NW SW SE

Air shaft

Wabash

2S 13W

10

SE SW SE

Air shaft

Wabash

2S 13W

15

SE NE NW

Air shaft

Wabash

2S 13W

19

approx. 500 FSL, 1350 FWL

Air shaft

Wabash

2S 14W

24

SW SE SE

Shaft

Wabash

2S 13W

27

SW NE NW

Air shaft

Wabash

2S 13W

27

NW NW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

796

8.0

6.5

CRP

Geological Problems Reported

The Wabash Mine was within the Wabash Valley Fault System, and was bordered on the west by the New Harmony Fault with more than 60 feet of displacement. A southwest-northeast trending fault can be discerned disrupting the mining pattern shown on the Keensburg Quadrangle. The northern part of the mine was within a mile of the Galatia Channel, which was contemporaneous with coal deposition. Consequently, some areas of split coal and other related features were seen in the mine, in the northern, western, and eastern parts. The roof was a medium gray, well-bedded and laminated silty shale. Water was seen at the interface of the coal and the roof. Pyrite was seen in bands and as cleat fillings.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Amax Coal Company (add)	Wabash (add)	1973-1997	60,545,992

Wabash Mine Holding Company (add)	Wabash (add)	1998-2007	16,391,924

Total Production: 76,937,916

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Coal Section files, 6-385

1-1-2008

1:12000

1:12000

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Wabash County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Company map, Coal Section files, 6-385 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.