Mine Index 0428 Old Ben Coal Corporation, Old Ben No. 15 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0428

Company Name:	Old Ben Coal Corporation
Mine Name:	Old Ben No. 15 Mine
Start Date:	1919	End Date:	January 1954
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	3,154
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

Franklin

7S 2E

35

740 FNL, 445 FWL

Air shaft

Franklin

7S 2E

35

SE NW SW

Air shaft

Williamson

8S 2E

4

SE SE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

419

8.0-8.83

RPP,HERsome HER

Geological Problems Reported

Gas may have been a problem at this mine; an explosion killed one man. Top coal was left to protect the shale roof and recovered on retreat. Pillars were sometimes drawn on retreat also. Some steep grades were present due to swags in the seam. Only a few pyrite facings were found, along with a “noticeable” amount of calcite facings. The company map showed numerous northwest-southeast trending faults in the southern part of the mine. These faults had throws ranging from 2 to 8 feet.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Old Ben Coal Corporation (add)	Old Ben No. 15 (add)	1919-1954 Idle 1925	20,917,351

Total Production: 20,917,351

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351435

6-30-1954

1:4800

1:9931

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, thickness, geologic problems.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 351435, reel 03136, frames 103 and 104 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4102 i5.1-6 - Shaft locations, geologic problems.