Mine Index 0016   Consolidated Coal Company,   Big Muddy No. 10 Mine

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Unlocated Mines In: Jackson unlocated
County: Jackson
Quadrangle: Murphysboro
County Coal Data: Jackson
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
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Mine Index Number: 0016

Company Name: Consolidated Coal Company
Mine Name: Big Muddy No. 10 Mine
Start Date: 1872 End Date: March 1927
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: 394
Acres after map date: General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main shaft Jackson 8S 2W 29 NE SE NW
Air shaft Jackson 8S 2W 29 NW NE NE
Lewis shaft Jackson 8S 2W 20 SE SE SW
Old (Blair) shaft Jackson 8S 2W 29 NE NE NE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Murphysboro 131-160 3.1 5.2 3.7-4.6 [1] MRP

Geological Problems Reported

A fault was noted in the northeastern part of the mine, with the northern side downthrown 7 feet. Another fault was encountered 200 ft west of the shaft. Bone coal and pyrite were present in the seam in horizontal streaks. Pyrite was also present as lenses and on cleat surfaces. Shale partings were present in the seam, in all areas of the mine except NE Sec 29. In the northeastern part of the mine, this shale band thickened to 8 ft so that only the bottom bench was mined. In the southwestern part of the mine, another shale parting took 12 inches off the 4.7 ft thick bottom bench. This second parting thickened westward to 6 ft thick and then mining took place only in the bottom 44 inches.

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Lewis Coal Company Lewis 1872-1881 20,128 [2]
Gus Blair and Big Muddy Coal Company Big Muddy No. 1 1903-1915 [3] 531,971
Big Muddy Coal and Iron Company Big Muddy No. 10 1915-1920 475,892
Consolidated Coal Company Big Muddy No. 10 1920-1927 675,700
Total Production: 1,703,691

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Microfilm, document 352473 4-1-1927 1:2400 1:4469 Final
ISGS map library, 4103.J31 i5.1-37 ca. 1931 1:31680 1:31680 Secondary source
Atlas of Illinois, Jackson County 1876 1:150000 1:150000 Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Jackson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Jackson County) - Mine type, shaft location, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
Microfilm map, document 352473, reel 03139, frames 160-163 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
ISGS map library, 4103.J31 i5.1-37, sheets 3 and 5, Federal Land Bank Report work maps - Shaft locations, mine outline (eastern part of mine).
Atlas of Jackson County, 1876, Warner and Beers, Chicago - Lewis shaft location.
History of Jackson County, 1878, Brink and McDonough, Philadelphia - Lewis Mine, years of operation.

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Notes

  1. The thickness averaged 3.7 ft in the southwestern part of the mine, 4.6 in the northwestern part of the mine, 7.0 in the eastern part of the mine where the coal was not split (NE 29-T8S-R2W), and 4.0 over the remainder of the mine.
  2. Production before July 1880 is unknown. The 1881 Coal Report indicated 25 acres had been mined. The 1882 Coal Report indicated the Lewis Mine had been abandoned. The Lewis Mine workings are incorporated into the entries of the Big Muddy No. 10 Mine.
  3. Idle 1915