Mine Index Number: 0798
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Big Creek Coals, Inc.
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| Mine Name:
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Big Creek No. 5 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1902
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End Date:
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June 1923
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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126 (67 in the Herrin Coal, 59 in the Springfield Coal)
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main shaft (Herrin)
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Saline
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8S 5E
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11
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SW NW SE
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft (Herrin)
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Saline
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8S 5E
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11
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SW NW SE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin (1902-1916)
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340-367
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5.5
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6.5
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5.5-5.83
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RPB
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| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Springfield (1917-1923)
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485.5
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2.0
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7.5
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6.0
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RPB
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Geological Problems Reported
Two dikes were reported, 3500 feet east of the mine, trending northwest, and the other south of the mine, trending east-west. The Herrin Coal had some gas. The Springfield Coal was very “dirty”, and sandstone lenses rolled into the seam. Pyrite was present as thin lenses. The roof was good, mostly of limestone, but the shale beneath the limestone fell where it was thin.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 580,695
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| State archive, IL_2575_01
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6-1-1918
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Final
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| State archive, IL_2576_01
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6-18-1929
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Final
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS Field notes (Saline County) - Geologic problems.
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| Bibliography
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| State archive, IL_2575_01 (Herrin coal) - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, seam.
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| Bibliography
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| State archive, IL_2576_01 (Springfield coal) - Mine outline, mining method, seam, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: IL_2576_01
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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State Archive
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| Map ID:
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IL_2576_01
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| Company:
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Peabody Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Peabody No. 45
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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06-18-1929
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| Map Status:
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Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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Final map for Springfield seam. Map was traced from blueprint after fire March 1924.
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| More Info:
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M0798 IL 2576 01
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/saline/m0798 IL 2576 01.zip
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Mine Map: IL_2575_01
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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State Archive
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| Map ID:
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IL_2575_01
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| Company:
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Saline County Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Saline County No. 5
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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06-01-1918
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| Map Status:
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Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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Final map for Herrin seam miningh
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| More Info:
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M 0798 IL 2575 01
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/saline/m 0798 IL 2575 01.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Idle 1904
- ↑ Production was not reported in 1922; the mine was idle or production was less than 10,000 tons
- ↑ Peabody Coal Company was listed as the successor to Saline County Coal Company on the map, but no production was reported under this name.
