Mine Index 0089 Brilliant Coal and Coke Company, Horn Mine

Mine Index Number: 0089

Company Name:	Brilliant Coal and Coke Company
Mine Name:	Horn Mine
Start Date:	1888	End Date:	March 1914
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	338
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

Perry

6S 1W

19

SW SW NE

Air shaft

Perry

6S 1W

19

SW SW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

75

5.5

9.0

7.5

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was over 2 feet of light gray shale. Generally 18 inches of top coal was left to support the roof. Small areas had a black shale roof. No limestone cap rock was present over the mine. Some erosional stream channels affected the character of the roof. Rolls were also present and occasional coal stringers were seen, which made areas of bad roof. The rock sometimes broke all the way up to the glacial debris. Subsidence pits 20 feet across and 4 to 5 feet deep were noted over the mine. Pyrite nodules were reported in some areas, usually in the top and bottom of the seam. The floor was 4 feet of fire clay, but varied and was sometimes as thin as 10 inches. The underclay heaved badly.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Henry Horn Colliery Company (add)	Horn (add)	1888-1904	1,337,291

DuQuoin-Pittsburgh Coal and Coke Company (add)	Horn (add)	1904-1905	17,992

Brilliant Coal and Coke Company (add)	Horn (add)	1905-1914	465,099

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352089

4-18-1914

1:2400

1:5131

Final

WPA, T6S-R1W

1940

1:12000

1:55096

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 352089, reel 03138, frame 70 - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.

WPA map, T6S-R1W - Mine outline (southeastern), air shaft location.