Mine Index 0062 Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin Mining Company, A Mine

Mine Index Number: 0062

Company Name:	Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin Mining Company
Mine Name:	A Mine
Start Date:	1900	End Date:	April 1931
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,890
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 (9.5 x 17 ft)

Williamson

8S 2E

19

SE SW NW

Air shaft (9 x 15 ft)

Williamson

8S 2E

19

NE SW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

171-180

9.0-9.5

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

An explosion of fire damp killed two men in 1906, and a gas explosion killed eight men in 1909. One large slip in the roof caused a roof fall of coal and shale that killed a miner in 1909. The mine map showed areas in Sections 12 and 13 of T8S-R2E that had bad top, bad conditions, and dirty coal. The shale did not make a good roof so that 18 to 24 inches (average 18 inches) of top coal was left to support the roof. The coal contained some pyrite streaks. Some water problems were noted, and said to come from the surface rather than seeping into the mine through the roof. The underclay floor was 2 to 5 feet thick. Some squeezes resulted in surface subsidence.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Chicago-Carterville Coal Company (add)	Chicago-Carterville No. 1 (add)	1900-1905	1,311,971

Chicago-Carterville Coal Company (add)	A (add)	1905-1917	4,566,197

Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin Mining Company (add)	A (add)	1917-1931	7,255,128

Total Production: 13,133,296

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353299

4-18-1931

1:2400

1:4303

Final

Microfilm, document 353288

7-1-1930

1:2400

1:4966

Not Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 353299, reel 03142, frames 258-261 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 353288, reel 03142, frame 234 - Mine outline (faded portions in W ½ 13-T8S-R2E).