Mine Index 0716 Mathes Coal Company, Mathes Mine

Mine Index Number: 0716

Company Name:	Mathes Coal Company
Mine Name:	Mathes Mine
Start Date:	1901	End Date:	October 1933
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	140
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

Perry

4S 1W

29

NE SW SE

Air shaft

Perry

4S 1W

29

NE SW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

216

3.0

6.5

5.67

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Considerable gas was emitted when the mine opened, and occasionally afterwards. Rolls in the roof were common. The roof was 5 feet of gray shale with black shale above that, topped by 6 feet of limestone. Limestone made the immediate roof over the coal in about one-fifth of the mine. The black shale sometimes contained limestone concretions or other concretions. The gray shale occurred as lenticular layers under the black shale, and slips occurred at the edges. These slips made the roof difficult to keep up. The coal was thicker under the gray shale than under the black shale. Under the gray shale, the coal averaged 5.83 to 6.25 feet thick, but only 5.5 feet thick under the black shale. However, the coal under the black shale was heavier, so that the same tonnage was produced from rooms with either type of roof. The coal had two layers of impurities, a clay vein about 3 feet from the top of the coal, ½ to 1 inch thick, and a pyrite band 6 to 8 inches above the floor. The pyrite band was also ½ to 1 inch thick, and the coal separated easily from the pyrite. The mine was generally dry. The floor was 7 feet of fire clay that heaved very badly where it got wet.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Little Muddy Coal Company (add)	Little Muddy (add)	1901-1906	138,050

Tamaroa and Little Muddy Coal Company (add)	Little Muddy (add)	1906-1910	124,444

Little Muddy Fuel Company (add)	Little Muddy (add)	1910-1915 Idle 1915	83,123

Collier Coal Company (add)	Little Muddy (add)	1915-1920	301,994

Alladin Coal Mining Company (add)	Alladin No. 3 (add)	1920-1921	49,697

Tamaroa and Little Muddy Coal Company (add)	Little Muddy (add)	1921-1930 Idle 1926-1930	142,059

Collier Coal Company (add)	Collier Coal Company (add)	1931-1932	6,406

Mathes Coal Company (add)	Mathes (add)	1933-1933	4,269

Total Production: 850,042

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352097

2-1938

1:2400

1:4800

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 352097, reel 03138, frame 81 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.