Mine Index 0206 Franklin County Coal Company, Franklin No. 9 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0206

Company Name:	Franklin County Coal Company
Mine Name:	Franklin No. 9 Mine
Start Date:	1904	End Date:	January 1925
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,418
Production Indicated Acres:	1,750	General Area of mining acres shown:
This includes the area for Sandoval No.1 (mine index 2847). The boundary between the two mines could not be discerned. The area shown on the accompanying map is smaller than expected for the combined production.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Marion

2N 1E

17

SE NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

636

5.5

7.5

6.0-6.5

RP

Geological Problems Reported

A fault was noted in the southern part of the mine, with displacement (downthrown side to the east) ranging between 3 and 18 feet. The black shale making up the roof reached up to 2.5 feet thick in limited areas, and did not stay up well when the fissile zone was that thick. The remainder of the black shale was thinbedded, hard, and brittle. The coal contained several small streaks of shale and pyrite. The blue band was usually 2 to 3 inches thick. The underclay floor creeped readily and ranged in thickness from 1 inch to 5 feet. Pyrite balls were common in the floor clay.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Sandoval Coal Company (add)	Sandoval No. 2 (add)	1904-1907	141,804

Middleton and Seidel (add)	Sandoval No. 2 (add)	1907-1908	42,400

Dan Middleton (add)	Sandoval No. 2 (add)	1908-1909	143,331

Chicago-Sandoval Coal Company (add)	Chicago-Sandoval No. 2 (add)	1909-1923	3,289,064

Franklin County Coal Company (add)	Franklin No. 9 (add)	1923-1925	94,932

Total Production: 7,423,062

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Federal Land Bank Report

1-1936

1:63360

1:126720

Secondary source

ISGS map library, 4102 i5.1-13

3-15-1963

1:2400

1:2400

Secondary source

USGS topographic map, Centralia

1914

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

Federal Land Bank Report (Marion County) - Mine outline.

ISGS map library, 4102 i5.1-13, map of Glenridge Mine (mine index 0207) - Mine outline (southern part).

USGS 15-minute topographic map, Centralia, 1914 - Shaft location.