Mine Index 0666 Old Ben Coal Corporation, Old Ben No.11 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0666

Company Name:	Old Ben Coal Corporation
Mine Name:	Old Ben No.11 Mine
Start Date:	1912	End Date:	April 1953
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	3,207
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

6S 1E

14

NE SW SW

Air shaft

Franklin

6S 1E

14

SE NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

619

8.33

12.5

9.0-9.5

RPP,HERsome HER

Geological Problems Reported

The mine had some gas; one man was killed in a gas explosion in 1932. The roof was gray shale over 30 feet thick, locally somewhat sandy. This shale was too fractured to stay up and top coal was left to support the roof. Slips were common in the western and northern parts of the mine. The coal contained shale and pyrite bands. The underclay heaved readily, even when dry.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Christopher Coal Mining Company (add)	Christopher No. 1 (add)	1912-1914	201,813

Christopher Coal Mining Company (add)	Christopher No. 2 (add)	1914-1916	890,182

Old Ben Coal Corporation (add)	Old Ben No. 11 (add)	1916-1953 Idle 1932-1935	21,835,086

Total Production: 22,927,081

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, Old Ben Archive Collection

4-29-1953

1:4800

1:4800

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, shaft sizes, geological 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, thickness, geological problems.

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