Mine Index 0701 Old Ben Coal Company, Spartan Mine

Mine Index Number: 0701

Company Name:	Old Ben Coal Company
Mine Name:	Spartan Mine
Start Date:	1952	End Date:	November 21, 1997
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	7,197
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Hoist slope

Randolph

4S 5W

21

NE SE SE

Materials slope

Randolph

4S 5W

21

SE SE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

200-203

6.0-6.75

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was generally up to 4 feet of black Anna Shale topped by clod and limestone. Joints were common in the Anna Shale, and the shale broke along the joint surfaces and fell. In some places, the roof was nodular limestone that slabbed off in thicknesses of a foot or more along shaley partings and did not make a competent roof. Generally, the limestone was more solid in the eastern portion of the mine than in the western part. In some areas, the roof was gray shale, which sometimes contained concretions in the upper part of the seam. Pyrite was present in the coal along fracture faces, in thin bands, and mixed in the durain bands. Squeezing took place before 1974. In some areas, 2 feet of upheaval was noted, but a mine examiner reported that in some areas, the squeezing was all the way to the roof. This caused the pillars to crack.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Midwest Utilities Coal Corporation (add)	Bradbury (add)	1952-1957	2,165,914

Zeigler Coal and Coke Company (add)	Spartan (add)	1957-1970	11,310,966

Zeigler Coal Company (add)	Spartan No. 2 (add)	1971-1991	15,399,408

Old Ben Coal Company (add)	Spartan (add)	1992-1997	9,079,821

Total Production: 37,956,109

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, Coal Section files

4-24-1998

1:4800

1:4800

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Randolph County) - Mine type, slope location, geologic problems.

Company map, Coal Section files - Slope locations, mine outline, mining method.