Mine Index 0045 Wasson Coal Company, Wasson No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0045

Company Name:	Wasson Coal Company
Mine Name:	Wasson No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1907	End Date:	March 1952
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	2,895
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 (9x14)

Saline

8S 6E

36

NW SE NE

Air shaft (9x12)

Saline

8S 6E

36

NW SE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

318

4.33

6.5

5.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

One man was killed as the result of a 1911 gas explosion; a 1912 gas explosion killed 2 men. Little timbering was required in this mine. Faults having throws of up to 30 feet were found, with most of the displacement being vertical. At least one steep grade in the mine necessitated the purchase of a special slope hoist. The source map shows that the faults trended northwest-southeast, with subsidiary faults roughly perpendicular. These faults show clearly on the accompanying map in the interruption of the mining pattern. One 25 to 30-foot wide igneous dike was found to cut through the coal along the west section line (30- T8S-R7E). It did not displace the coal but did naturally coke the coal for about 40 feet. Some calcite and pyrite veins and nodules were found throughout the coal, but they were not persistent.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Wasson Coal Company (add)	Wasson No. 1 (add)	1907-1952	16,641,583
Total Production: 16,641,583

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352843

3-17-1952

1:2400

1:5297

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Field notes (Saline County) - Geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 352843, reel 03140, frames 452-457 -Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.