Mine Index 0159 Taylor Mining Company, Energy No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0159

Company Name:	Taylor Mining Company
Mine Name:	Energy No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1903	End Date:	April 1923
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	630 The area shown includes Taylor No. 2 Mine (mine index 0158). The boundaries between the mines could not be discerned.
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

Williamson

8S 2E

32

SE SE SW

Air shaft

Williamson

8S 2E

32

SE SE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

48 (41-161) This depth may represent a shallow portion of the mine (rather than the shaft location) so that the range of depths given in the Coal Reports is shown in parentheses. The ISGS mine notes included a statement that the coal was so shallow in the 9th and 10th southeast entries that it was not workable.

6.0

10.0

7.5-8.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Faults were noted in the roof, but few extended into the coal (and therefore may have been joints or slips rather than true faults). The roof was black shale in the east ranging to gray-white shale in the west that was soft, heavy and treacherous. The main roof problems were in the northwest. Where possible the 14-inch top bench of the coal was left to support the roof, but in many cases the roof still came down. Caving extended to the surface in many cases, and this was reported to be the source of the water problems in this mine. The underclay floor was very soft and always wet in many places, so heaving was a common occurrence. Pyrite was present in lenses and stringers.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Carterville Mining Company (add)	Carterville No. 1 (add)	1903-1909	352,268

Taylor Coal Company (add)	Taylor No. 1 (add)	1909-1914	606,494

Taylor Mining Company (add)	Energy No. 1 (add)	1914-1923	1,518,059

Total Production: 2,476,821

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353047

3-1924

1:2400

1:4965

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

Microfilm map, document 353047, reel 03141, frames 231 and 232 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.