Mine Index 0711 Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, Buckhorn Mine

Mine Index Number: 0711

Company Name:	Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
Mine Name:	Buckhorn Mine
Start Date:	1938	End Date:	January 1947
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	431 in Herrin Coal and 51 in Springfield Coal
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 2E

21

SW NW NE

Air shaft

Williamson

8S 2E

21

SE NE NW Shared with mine index 454, the New Monarch Mine, another Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis mine.

Shaft

Williamson

8S 2E

21

NE NE NW

Blind Slope

Williamson

8S 2E

16

SW NW SE

Blind slope

Williamson

8S 2E

16

NW NW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

190

7.0-8.5

RPP,HERSome HER, mostly in southern part of section 16-T8S-R2E, from 8-19-1946 to 1-17-1947.

Springfield

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

The source maps show three faults that trend northwest-southeast. These faults are in the western half of Section 16, T8S-R2E and the eastern half of Section 17, T8S-R2E and NW NE 21-T8S-R2E. In some cases, the faults interfered with mining and some reserves were left. In others, the fault was approached on both sides and most of the coal removed. Offsets were not shown on the map.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Buckhorn (add)	1938-1947	3,145,154

Total Production: 3,145,154

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.W52 i5.1-3

8-4-1946

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Company, 4103.W52 i5.1-2, sh. 2

1-17-1947

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Microfilm, document 353196

2-1-1945

1:2400

1:4965

Not final The mined area shown on the accompanying map is the approximate size expected for the production reported. This suggests that the mine outline is complete. Most of the mining after the map date was in the Springfield Coal or removing pillars in the Herrin Coal.

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-3 - Mine outline, slope locations, mining method (Springfield Coal).

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-2, sh. 2 - Mine outline, slope locations, mining method (HER, Herrin Coal).

Microfilm map, document 353196, reel 03142, frames 103 and 104 - Shaft and slope locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.