Mine Index 0065   Chicago and Big Muddy Coal and Coke Company,   Big Muddy No. 1 Mine

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Unlocated Mines In: Williamson unlocated
County: Williamson
Quadrangle: Johnston City
County Coal Data: Williamson
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
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Mine Index Number: 0065

Company Name: Chicago and Big Muddy Coal and Coke Company
Mine Name: Big Muddy No. 1 Mine
Start Date: 1900 End Date: March 1925
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: 565 [1]
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 x 13 ft) Williamson 9S 2E 2 SE NW NW
Air shaft Williamson 9S 2E 2 SE NW NW

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Herrin 103 7.0 10.0 8.0 RP

Geological Problems Reported

Two faults were shown on the company map, as was an area with sandstone roof. The sandstone roof was designated where mining did not occur, which indicates that the problems associated with this feature prevented economic mining. The roof material was generally 30 feet of massive gray shale, with 2 feet of sandstone below it noted at one location. This necessitated leaving 0.5 to 2 feet of top coal to support the roof, so that commonly only 7.5 feet of coal was mined. Pyrite bands of 0.5 to 0.75 inch thickness were noted in the samples taken.

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Chicago and Big Muddy Coal and Coke Company Big Muddy No. 1 1900-1908 1,002,692
Chicago and Big Muddy Coal and Coke Company Big Muddy No. 1 1908-1925 3,634,203 [2]
Total Production: 4,636,895

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Company, 4103.W52 i5.1-154 4-1-1908 1:6000 1:6000 Not final
ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-143 8-4-1932 1:2400 1:2400 Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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, geological problems.
Company map, ISGS Map Library, 4103.W52. i5.1-154 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-143, map of Peabody No. 3 Mine (mine index 60) - Mine outline (east & north).

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. The area shown designates more than the area mined prior to the company map, since the outline on the incomplete secondary source map is undated. Production from this mine indicates that the mine should be about 650 acres. Some of this area may have been surface-mined at a later date.
  2. Production after map date