Mine Index 0085 Pure Coal Comapny, Pure Mine

Mine Index Number: 0085

Company Name:	Pure Coal Comapny
Mine Name:	Pure Mine
Start Date:	1904	End Date:	October 1946
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	998
Production Indicated Acres:	40	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Clinton

2N 3W

22

SW NW NW

Air shaft

Clinton

2N 3W

22

SE NW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

440

7.5

9.0

8.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof near the shaft was black shale up to 30 feet thick. This shale came down readily. The area mined by the reported production is lower than expected for the reported average thickness. It is likely that top coal was left in the mine to support the roof. Many concretions were present in the roof. In some areas, a limestone cap rock was present. A brecciated zone ran east-west through the mine, although this zone was not designated on the source map. This zone was 12 inches wide and extended from the floor to the roof, but with no vertical displacement. The source map showed a “fault” crossing a haul route in SW SW SW 22-T2N-R3W. Saltwater seeped into the mine at the rate of about 1 quart per minute. The salt water was associated with a thick oil that also seeped in at a lower rate. Associated gas may have ignited in explosions that took place in December 1937 and January 1938 that killed a total of five miners. The underclay heaved badly.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Breese-Trenton Mining Company (add)	Breese-Trenton No. 3, Buxton (add)	1904-1931 Idle 1929-1931	4,915,439

Beckemeyer Coal Company (add)	Beckemeyer (add)	1932-1942	597,570

Beckemeyer Coal and Mining Company (add)	Beckemeyer (add)	1942-1943	41,976

Beckemeyer Coal and Mining Company (add)	Beckemeyer (add)	1943-1945	158,022 Production after map date

Buxton Coal Company (add)	Buxton (add)	1945-1945	13,473 Production after map date

Pure Coal Company (add)	Pure (add)	1946-1946	52,710 Production after map date

Total Production: 5,779,190

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351401

9-1943

1:2400

1:5296

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 351401, reel 03136, frames 9-12 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.