Mine Index 0208 Madison Coal Corporation, Crystal Mine

Mine Index Number: 0208

Company Name:	Madison Coal Corporation
Mine Name:	Crystal Mine
Start Date:	1900	End Date:	March 1924
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	755 The area shown on the accompanying map for the Crystal Mine could not be separated from the Tilden Mine (mine index 3184). The area shown is for both mines.
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

Randolph

4S 5W

5

SE NE SW

Air shaft

Randolph

4S 5W

5

SE NE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

194

4.0

7.0

7.0 6.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

About half of the mine roof was 10 feet of limestone. The roof over one-quarter of the mine was up to 3 feet of black shale. White top was present in some local areas of the mine that had black shale roof. Both the black shale and the white top came down readily. The roof over the remainder of the mine was a massive argillaceous limestone that was very unstable. Roof falls under this argillaceous limestone were up to 12 feet high. Similar conditions were noted in other nearby mines. In spite of the seriousness of the roof falls, the condition was spotty and the overall roof was deemed very good. Numerous slips were present in the roof. Pyrite was present in thin plates, less than 1/4 inch thick. Other impurities included mother coal and the blue band. The floor was fireclay that averaged 18 inches thick. The floor heaved badly, especially where the entries and rooms were too wide.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Crystal Coal Company (add)	Crystal (add)	1900-1907	336,937

Bessemer Washed Coal Company (add)	Crystal (add)	1907-1911	447,428

Bessemer Coal and Mining Company (add)	Crystal (add)	1911-1915 Idle 1915	145,004

Tilden Coal Company (add)	Crystal (add)	1915-1917	119,934

Madison Coal Corporation Owned by Great Western Coal Company (add)	Crystal (add)	1917-1924	2,094,954

Total Production: 3,144,257

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company

1931

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

Company map, Old Ben Collection - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.