Mine Index 0169 West Virginia Coal Company, West Virginia No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0169

Company Name:	West Virginia Coal Company
Mine Name:	West Virginia No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1907	End Date:	1925
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	633
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 x 15 ft)

Williamson

9S 3E

5

NW SW NE

Air shaft (7.5 x 11.5 ft)

Williamson

9S 3E

5

NW SW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

108

5.5

8.5

6.5-7.0

RP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was black or gray shale. A few slips were present in the roof and coal, which did not affect the mining but required timbering. There were also some veins of pyrite and calcium and gypsum throughout the mine. In some locations the roof was limestone, and the coal was thinner in these locations. The coal was much thicker under gray shale roof, and it held up fairly well, but rolls with coal stringers were present under the gray shale. The normal roof was the black shale. The coal bed was very irregular. “Charcoal” (fusain) lenses and clay partings were present, but not persistent. The coal was fairly clean, with some thin gray shale lenses (rarely ½ inch thick), as well as some pyritic lenses (rarely over ¼ inch thick). The underclay floor was a plastic gray shale that heaved badly. Some rooms became unminable because of heaving.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

West Virginia Coal Company (add)	West Virginia No. 1 (add)	1907-1925	3,847,093

Total Production: 3,847,093

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353252

10-10-1925

1:2400

1:4965

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, mining method, shaft sizes.

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 353252, reel 03142, frame 193 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.