Mine Index 0195 Nokomis Coal Company, Reliance Mine

Mine Index Number: 0195

Company Name:	Nokomis Coal Company
Mine Name:	Reliance Mine
Start Date:	1913	End Date:	July 1952
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	2,966
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 (11.42 ft x 17.42 ft)

Montgomery

10N 2W

27

SE SW NW

Air shaft (11.42 ft x 17.42 ft)

Montgomery

10N 2W

27

NW SW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

638-659

7.0

9.0

7.5-8.5

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

A squeeze in SW NE 21-T10N-R2E caused the abandonment of a panel. Other panels in the area are labeled “approximate”, and it is possible that squeezes in this part of the mine prevented surveying.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Nokomis Coal Company (add)	Nokomis No. 1 (add)	1913-1922	4,524,108

Illinois Coal Corporation (add)	Illinois Coal No. 9 (add)	1922-1935 Idle 1925-1935	1,491,286

Nokomis Coal Company (add)	Reliance (add)	1936-1952	11,841,498

Total Production: 17,856,892

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State Archive, MSHA_422

6-1944

1:1244

1:2400

Not final The most recent mining took place in the southern portion of the mine. Although the northern portions are from maps dated before mine closure and are coded “not final” on the accompanying map, the outline is considered to be a final mine outline, and tonnage and the area mined after the map date were not calculated.

State Archive, IL_1758

6-1-1954

1:2400

1:2400

Final

State Archive, MSHA_432

6-1-1947

1:2400

1:2400

Not final The most recent mining took place in the southern portion of the mine. Although the northern portions are from maps dated before mine closure and are coded “not final” on the accompanying map, the outline is considered to be a final mine outline, and tonnage and the area mined after the map date were not calculated.

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Montgomery County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

State Archive, MSHA_422, courtesy of Robert Gibson, IDNR - Mine outline (northern half), mining method, geologic problems.

State Archive, IL_1758, courtesy of Robert Gibson, IDNR - Shaft locations, mine outline (southern half).

State Archive, MSHA_432, courtesy of Robert Gibson, IDNR - Partial outline (northern half).