Mine Index 0156 Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin Mining Company, B Mine

Mine Index Number: 0156

Company Name:	Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin Mining Company
Mine Name:	B Mine
Start Date:	1906	End Date:	April 1923
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	397
Acres after map date:	10	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Williamson

8S 2E

17

SW NW NE

Air shaft

Williamson

8S 2E

17

SW NW NE

Shaft (possible)

Williamson

8S 2E

8

NE SE SW The source map is not very clear; there is a definite mark on the source map at this location and a configuration of entries that could very well indicate a shaft at this location.

Geology

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

Herrin

241-248

7.0

11.0

9.0-10.0

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

A gas explosion killed one man in 1911. A V-shaped block fault trending northwestsoutheast was downthrown 3 feet on the western side. The coal and roof shale were shattered near the fault. Another fault was noted 200 feet north of the shaft with the southwestern side upthrown 21 feet. The roof was “white top”, a light gray sandy shale that was soft, massive, and did not hold up well. Two feet of top coal was left to support the roof and timbering was also necessary. Rolls and faults were present in the mine. One roll was noted 1000 feet east of the bottom of the shaft. Pyrite stringers were present in the center of the seam in the northeast portion of the mine. The mine had very little water, and the underclay heaved very little.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Chicago and Carterville Coal Company (add)	B (add)	1906-1917	1,511,881

Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin Mining Company (add)	B (add)	1917-1923	1,432,797

Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin Mining Company (add)	B (add)	1923-1923	70,831 Production after map date

Total Production: 3,015,509

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.W52 i5.1-12

1-1-1923

1:2400

1:4950

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, geologic problems.

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

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

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-12 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.