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

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 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.
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 (add)	Big Muddy No. 1 (add)	1900-1908	1,002,692

Chicago and Big Muddy Coal and Coke Company (add)	Big Muddy No. 1 (add)	1908-1925	3,634,203 Production after map date

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).