Mine Index 0140 Black Star Coal Company, Logan Mine

Mine Index Number: 0140

Company Name:	Black Star Coal Company
Mine Name:	Logan Mine
Start Date:	1909	End Date:	November 1929
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	911 Some moderate-sized unmined areas within the mine outline were not included on the accompanying map. The unmined areas were shown on the microfilm source map, which required rather substantial rubber-sheeting to fit to the topographic map and other company map. Because of these registration difficulties, these areas were not digitized or shown on the accompanying map.
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 (9.5'x15.5')

Franklin

6S 3E

35

NE SE SE

Air shaft (9.5'x13.5')

Franklin

6S 3E

35

NE SE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

693-716

6.0

8.33

6.5-7.2

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was predominantly black shale, but a light gray shale roof was common in the eastern part of the mine. This gray shale was present as heavy, soft lenses up to 10 feet wide and 30 feet long. The lenses had many slips and this made the gray shale a treacherous roof. Up to 14 inches of top coal was left to support the roof. The coal contained pyrite and calcite veins and fracture fillings, especially near the top of the seam.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Carroll and Franklin Counties Coal Company (add)	Hanaford (add)	1909-1913	318,486

Benton District Coal Company (add)	Hanaford (add)	1913-1914	145,407

John A. Logan Coal Company (add)	Hanaford (add)	1914-1917 Idle 1915	494,592

Black Star Coal Company (add)	Logan (add)	1917-1929	3,269,930

Total Production: 4,228,415

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company

11-9-1929

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Microfilm, document 351422

6-1-1929

1:2400

1:5296

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, shaft sizes, depth.

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

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

Company map, state archives il_815_03_geo.tif - Mine outline, shaft locations, mining method.

Microfilm map, document 351422, reel 03136, frames 67 & 68 - Shaft locations, mining method.