Mine Index 0173 Henderson and Wallace Coal Company, Henderson and Wallace No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0173

Company Name:	Henderson and Wallace Coal Company
Mine Name:	Henderson and Wallace No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1917	End Date:	March 1924
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	320 This includes the area for mine index 4061, Old Bruce Mine (formerly Henderson & Wallace No. 2 Mine).
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

9S 3E

8

SW SW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

65-67

5.0

8.3 Maximum thickness not specifically stated, but samples were taken from areas where the total thickness ranged from 7.0 to 8.3 feet.

6.5

RP

Geological Problems Reported

The northern part of the mine had good limestone roof, but the floor was 4 to 5 feet of claystone that heaved only a little. Elsewhere, the roof was gray shale and tended to fall badly when it was thick. Even this poor roof thinned to the south, nearing the subcrop, and prevented further mine expansion southward. Water entered the mine from surface gravels. The center part of the seam contained many shaly partings. Some pyrite and calcite or gypsum was present in vertical streaks. Some small local faults occurred in the coal. A roll forced the coal down 3 feet. In one location, boulder-sized concretions made mining impossible. The concretions were finely crystalline calcite and ranged from 1 to 3 feet in diameter.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Henderson and Wallace Coal Company (add)	Henderson and Wallace No. 1 (add)	1917-1924	1,102,890

Total Production: 1,102,890

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-189

8-11-1934

1:63360

1:63360

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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.

ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-189, work map for Federal Land Bank Report map - Shaft location, mine outline.

W.J. Nelson (ISGS), Catalog of Coal Mines in Williamson County, 2003 - Geologic problems.