Mine Index 0027 Tazewell Coal Company, Tazewell Mine

Mine Index Number: 0027

Company Name:	Tazewell Coal Company
Mine Name:	Tazewell Mine
Start Date:	1900	End Date:	March 1924
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	596
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft It is not clear on the source map which shaft is the hoist and which is the air shaft.

Tazewell

24N 4W

6

SW SW NW

Shaft It is not clear on the source map which shaft is the hoist and which is the air shaft.

Tazewell

24N 5W

1

SE SE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

162

4.3

4.8

4.6

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

The limestone caprock was 1.5 to 2.0 feet above the coal, and was only solid locally, averaging 7 inches thick. Below the limestone was 1 foot of clod and 1 foot of massive black shale that stuck to the coal. Some concretions were present, fewer than other mines in the area. These concretions were fairly large, 5 by 24 inches. Thin pyrite lenses were common the lower part of the shale. Horsebacks were numerous, averaging 15 to 20 feet apart. Pyrite was heavier near the horsebacks, generally occurring as soft “brown sulphur”. Thin clay seams were also present in the coal. The floor was 2 feet of fire clay that heaved badly when exposed to air and more so when wet. The mine was generally dry.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Ubben Coal Company (add)	Ubben (add)	1900-1903	58,800

Tazewell Coal Company (add)	Tazewell, Big Four (add)	1903-1924	2,030,532

Total Production: 2,089,332

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352855

5-1-1924

1:2400

1:4303

Final

Company, 4103.T3 i5.1-5

5-1-1924

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 352855, reel 03140, frames 472 & 473 - Mine outline, shaft locations, mining method.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.T3 i5.1-5 - Mine outline (southern).