Mine Index 1012 Arch of Illinois, Inc., Horse Creek Mine

Mine Index Number: 1012

Company Name:	Arch of Illinois, Inc.
Mine Name:	Horse Creek Mine
Start Date:	1986	End Date:	1994
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	760 surface and 57 auger in Herrin Coal and 760 and 16 auger in Springfield Coal
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple

Perry

5S 4W

25

Auger

Perry

5S 4W

24

Geology

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

Danville

40-127

2 The Springfield and Danville Coal thicknesses are approximated.

Surface

Herrin

40-127

6.17The thickness ranged from a low of 6.17 feet where Herrin alone was mined to a total of 12.5 feet.

Surface

Springfield

40-127

4.0The Springfield and Danville Coal thicknesses are approximated.

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Arch of Illinois, Inc. (add)	Horse Creek (add)	1986-1994	9,892,269
Total Production: 9,892,269

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.P42 i5.1-77, sheet 1

3-1996

1:6000

1:6000

Final

NAIP digital ortho-photo quadrangle

2004

1:6000

1:6000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine location, seam.

Company map, ISGS map library, 41-3.P42 i5.1-77, sheet 1 - Mine outline, mining method.

National Agriculture Imagery Program map, digital ortho-photo quadrangle map, Pinckneyville Quadrangle, 2004 - Mine outline.