Mine Index 0047 Illinois Saline Coal Company, Illinois Saline Mine

Mine Index Number: 0047

Company Name:	Illinois Saline Coal Company
Mine Name:	Illinois Saline Mine
Start Date:	1882	End Date:	December 1930
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	290
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Gallatin

9S 8E

18

NE SE SE

Air shaft

Gallatin

9S 8E

18

SE NE SE

Old shaft (pre-flood)

Gallatin

9S 8E

20

NW NW NW

Old air shaft

Gallatin

9S 8E

19

NE NE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

80(old), 90-98(new)

4.67

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The source map showed an east-west trending fault, part of the Cottage Grove Fault System, in the northern part of the mine, where the coal was down-thrown about 5 feet on the northern side. The coal dipped in all directions from the shaft, with the northeastern workings 48 feet deeper than the bottom of the old shaft. The mine flooded in the spring of 1913, destroying the old shaft and all the mine equipment. The irregular roof contained concretions, and draw slate came down with the coal. The coal displayed occasional slip planes with calcite along them. The floor was a fine clay which tended to heave when wet.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Equality Coal Company (add)	Equality (add)	1882-1883	not reported

Cassells, Temple & Company (add)	Equality (add)	1883-1887 Idle 1885-1887	30,000

Equality Coal Company (add)	Equality (add)	1887-1900	370,340

Hugh Murray (add)	Equality (add)	1900-1902	37,140

Gallatin Coal & Coke Company (add)	Equality (add)	1902-1916 Idle 1914 & 1915 because of flooding and subsequent damage to the mine. A new shaft was constructed.	553,146

Northern Coal Company (add)	Northern No. 4 (add)	1916-1917	53,316

Gallatin Coal & Coke Company (add)	West Side (add)	1917-1925 Idle 1922, 1924 & 1925	448,045

Equality Coal Company (add)	West Side (add)	1926-1926	9,663

Saline Gas Coal Company (add)	Saline Gas No. 4 (add)	1927-1929	44,782

Illinois Saline Coal Company (add)	Illinois Saline (add)	1930-1930	2,350 Production after map date

Total Production: 1,548,782

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351531

1929

1:2400

1:8228

Not final

Microfilm, document 351530

6-17-1921

1:2400

1:8228

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method, geologic problems.

Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine type, shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 351531, reel 03136, frames 292 & 293 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 351530, reel 03136, frames 290 & 291 - Mine outline (old works).