Mine Index 0017 Coal Valley Mining Company, Coal Valley Mining Company

Mine Index Number: 0017

Company Name:	Coal Valley Mining Company
Mine Name:	Coal Valley Mining Company
Start Date:	1895	End Date:	1918
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	282
Production Indicated Acres:	910	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Mercer

16N 1W

33

SW SW SW

Geology

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

Rock Island

206

2.5

5.0

3.67

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

An erosion channel approximately 75 feet wide ran E-W, crossing an entry about 2000feet from the shaft. Some small faults with 3 to 4 feet of displacement were present, as well as slips and rolls. The roof was 0 to 10 feet of black shale overlain by bluish gray limestone. The coal sometimes had a 1.83 foot thick dirty layer just beneath the roof, underlain by a 0.25-inch layer with streaks of coal and pyrite, but usually the upper 10inches was harder and brighter than the lower 38 inches. Roof falls caused 8 fatalities between 1899 and 1909. The seam locally had considerable dip while the general dip was 12 feet in 3 miles to the south. In 1909, Udden reported many pillars were pulled. Where bony coal was present, such as 500 to 600 feet from the shaft, heaving took place that no amount of timbering could halt. In some cases, heaving filled the entry. In some places, the floor was sandstone.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Coal Valley Mining Company (add)	Coal Valley No. 2 (add)	1895-1918	3,011,897
Total Production: 3,011,897

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352451

5-4-1914

Unknown

1:24000

Not final

Matherville Quadrangle

1953

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Coal Section files (Milan Quadrangle)

1910

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Mercer County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 352451, reel 03139, frame 127 - Mine outline (western), mining method.

Matherville Quadrangle, 7.5 USGS topographic map - Shaft location.

Coal Section files, undated work map on USGS topographic map, 15' Milan Quadrangle - Mine outline (northern).