Mine Index 0136 Old Ben Coal Corporation, Old Ben No. 22 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0136

Company Name:	Old Ben Coal Corporation
Mine Name:	Old Ben No. 22 Mine
Start Date:	1918	End Date:	January 1960
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	5,912
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 (15'x22.5')

Franklin

6S 1E

1

600 FSL, 100 FEL, SE NE

Air shaft (17'x33.17')

Franklin

6S 2E

6

NW NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

577-602

6.0

11.5

8.0 (7.5-9.00)

RPP,HERsome HER

Geological Problems Reported

Gas was present in the mine (four men were killed in a 1930 explosion, one man was asphyxiated in 1945). The roof was a light gray shale that was full of slips, but it was considered troublesome only in the eastern part of the mine. Rolls were present. One roll was 20 feet long. A great number of calcite facings were present in the seam. In addition, there was a considerable number of tiny pyrite veinlets throughout the seam. The source map showed an area of (unminable) split coal in 11-T6S-R1E. The underclay floor was 8 inches to 10 feet thick and heaved when wet.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Valier Coal Company (add)	Valier No. 1 (add)	1918-1952 Idle 1950 &1951	32,591,943

Old Ben Coal Corporation (add)	Old Ben No. 22 (add)	1952-1960	4,192,428

Total Production: 36,784,371

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, Old Ben Archive Collection

2-1-1960

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, shaft sizes, thickness, geologic problems.

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

ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.

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

Company map, Old Ben Archive Collection - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.