Mine Index 0179 Kanawha Fuel Company, Old Abe Mine

Mine Index Number: 0179

Company Name:	Kanawha Fuel Company
Mine Name:	Old Abe Mine
Start Date:	1902	End Date:	March 1921
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	98
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

Perry

5S 1W

32

SW NW SW

Air shaft

Perry

5S 1W

32

SW NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

53-75

5.4

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Water came through at a few places where faults in the roof permitted. White top, from 1 to 3 feet thick, made up the roof immediately above the coal over most of the mine. Small rolls occurred occasionally. A layer of impurities was near the bottom of the seam, including 2 inches of pyrite, clay and blue band. The floor was over 14 feet of fire clay, but very little heaving was noted in the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Weaver Coal Company (add)	Jupiter No. 2 (add)	1902-1903	4,092

Manufacturers Coal Company (add)	Jupiter No. 2 (add)	1903-1905	94,466

Imperial Coal and Mining Company (add)	Imperial No. 2 (add)	1905-1911 Idle 1910	160,656

Joe Morris Coal Company (add)	Imperial No. 2 (add)	1911-1912	11,983

Greenwood - Davis Coal Company (add)	Greenwood No. 2 (add)	1912-1917 Idle 1915-1917	15,627

Kanawha Fuel Company (add)	Old Abe (add)	1917-1921	239,456

Total Production: 526,280

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352494

12-14-1918

1:2400

1:9600

Not finalThe outline shown on the accompanying map is the expected size from the reported production. This suggests that the outline is complete.

Microfilm, document 352102

1-1921

1:2400

1:2400

Not finalThe outline shown on the accompanying map is the expected size from the reported production. This suggests that the outline is complete.

ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-16

7-2-1936

1:2400

1:2400

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 352494, reel 03112, frame 207 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Microfilm map, document 352102, reel 03138, frame 87 - Mine outline (northern and western).

ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-16, map of Gayle Mine (mine index 633) - Mine outline (eastern).