Mine Index 0662 Zeigler Coal Company, Zeigler No. 4 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0662

Company Name:	Zeigler Coal Company
Mine Name:	Zeigler No. 4 Mine
Start Date:	1944	End Date:	July 1980
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	4,403
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 slope

Williamson

8S 3E

16

NE NW NW

Air shaft

Williamson

8S 3E

9

SW SE SW

Escape shaft

Williamson

8S 3E

9

SE SW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

232-245

7.0-8.58

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

The Cottage Grove Fault System ran through this mine (see ISGS Circular 522, Cottage Grove Fault System). Vertical offsets were commonly about 5.5 feet; horizontal displacement was about 20 feet. This resulted in prominent east-west features in the roof. The roof was gray shale with slips and slickenslides, and it tended to fall if not bolted. The coal had a few shaly partings and some thin pyrite facings on bedding planes. The working face was very wet. Water and gas bubbled out of the rock near stoppings. Concretions were present in the upper part of the seam.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Consolidated Coal Company (add)	Lake Creek (add)	1944-1949	2,438,870

Consolidated Coal Company (add)	Buckhorn (add)	1950-1950	546,063

Bell and Zoller Coal and Mining Company (add)	Bell and Zoller No. 2 (add)	1951-1953	2,126,890

Bell and Zoller Coal Company (add)	Buckhorn (add)	1954-1959	5,237,271

Bell and Zoller Coal Company (add)	Zeigler No. 4 (add)	1960-1970	12,148,892

Zeigler Coal Company (add)	Zeigler No. 4 (add)	1971-1980	4,746,001

Total Production: 27,243,987

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State Archive, IL_798_03

7-31-1980

1:4800

1:4800

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, thickness, geologic problems.

State Archive map, IL_798_03, courtesy of Robert Gibson, IDNR - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.