Mine Index 0094 Electric Coal Company, Electric Mine

Mine Index Number: 0094

Company Name:	Electric Coal Company
Mine Name:	Electric Mine
Start Date:	1903	End Date:	April 1914
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:	285
The mine may have been partially surface mined at a later date by Harmattan Mine (mine index 0673).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

10

NE NW SW The mine notes indicate the air shaft is 3,000 feet south of the hoist shaft, which would place the air shaft in section 15-T19N-R12W.

Geology

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

Danville

96-108

4.0-5.0

7.0

5.5-6.0

RP, HERAccording to the mine notes, some pillars were drawn where the roof permitted.

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was 0 to 3 feet of black shale that slaked readily on contact with air, and which was overlain by 40 to 50 feet of gray shale. A former stream channel cut down to within 10 feet of the coal. Where the rooms struck this roof, the roof fell and let in sand and a great deal of water. Gas was occasionally found in pockets in the coal. Numerous horsebacks, rolls, and sulfur balls were present in the roof. The seam contained a persistent clay band 6 to 10 inches above the floor. The clay band varied from a knife-edge to 2 inches thick, and contained considerable sulfur. The top 6 inches of underclay heaved considerably.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Electric Coal Company The mine manager in 1908 was W. B. Reid. (add)	Electric(or Hillery No. 1) (add)	1903-1914	1,408,684

Total Production: 1,408,684

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Federal Land Bank Report

1-1934

1:105000

1:105000

Secondary source

ISGS mine notes

Undated

(text only)

1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, air shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems, mining method.

Federal Land Bank Report (Vermilion County) - Mine outline, shaft location.