Mine Index 0130 Wasson Coal Company, Wasson A Mine

Mine Index Number: 0130

Company Name:	Wasson Coal Company
Mine Name:	Wasson A Mine
Start Date:	1914	End Date:	February 1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	543
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The southern part of the mine was later surface-mined by Blue Bird No. 4 Mine (mine index 3267).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slopeNo air shaft was shown on the source maps. The slope is not shown on the accompanying map because of later surface mining.

Saline

9S 5E

33

NE SW SE

Geology

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

Springfield

37-50

4.67

5.17

4.83

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Bad roof was noted on the source map in the southern part of the mine (SW 33-T9S-R5E). Pyrite lenses were found in the top coal. The floor had many slips and heaved when wet.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Wasson Coal Company (add)	Wasson No. 2 (add)	1914-1932	2,149,937

Wasson Coal Company (add)	Wasson A (add)	1933-1942Idle 1933, 1934	760,618

Total Production: 2,910,555

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.S32 i5.1-29

8-18-1950The only date on the source map is the date the tracing was made. No extensions were dated. However, this map has precisely the same extensions as the microfilm map, document number 352825 (reel 03140, frames 389 & 390), which is dated 2-14-1942 and is probably a final map (or very nearly so).

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S32 i5.1-29 - Slope location, mine outline, mine type.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S32 i5.1-51 - Geologic problems.