Mine Index 7811 Central Mining Company, Burning Star No. 1

Mine Index Number: 7811

Company Name:	Central Mining Company
Mine Name:	Burning Star No. 1
Start Date:	1993	End Date:	1994
Type of Mine:
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. The 1993 production was only listed in the "mode of shipment" table. According to Dean Spindler, DNR, this was a carbon recovery company. As such, the 1993 production may have been from a slurry pond or a stockpile of coal fines. The 1994 production was listed in the "physical characteristics" table, but may have come from the same source or they may have mined from reserves left at the site. The mine name (Burning Star) most likely refers to mine index 0684, Truax Traer Coal Co.'s Burning Star No. 1 Mine.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple

Jackson

7S 2W

36

E1/2 SE

Geology

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

Herrin

30

5.5

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Central Mining Company (add)	Burning Star No. 1 (add)	1993	25,167

Central Mining Company (add)	Burning Star No. 1 (add)	1994	9,242

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

IDNR permit #125

1998

1:3600

1:3600

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

IDNR permit #125, as shown on map of Razorback Mine (mine index 1020), Coal Section files 6-352 - Mine location.

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