Mine Index 0696 Thunderbird Collieries Corporation, Carmac Mine

Mine Index Number: 0696

Company Name:	Thunderbird Collieries Corporation
Mine Name:	Carmac Mine
Start Date:	1948	End Date:	September 1964
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,061
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 These slopes are not shown on the accompanying map because of later surface mining by the Delta Mine (mine index 702).

Williamson

9S4E

36

SW SW NE

Air slope These slopes are not shown on the accompanying map because of later surface mining by the Delta Mine (mine index 702).

Williamson

9S 4E

36

SE SW NE

Geology

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

Springfield

100-110

4.0-4.17

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was generally good, except for some slips in the roof in the west part of the mine. The coal contained calcite in vertical cleats and a few thin pyrite bands.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Carmac Coal Company (add)	Carmac (add)	1948-1962	4,190,365

Thunderbird Collieries Corporation (add)	Carmac (add)	1963-1964	520,682

Total Production: 4,711,047

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353258

10-1-1964

1:1200

1:2482

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, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 353258, reel 03142, frames 199-201 - Slope locations, mine outline, mining method.