Mine Index Number: 0879
| Company Name:
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Old Ben Coal Corporation
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| Mine Name:
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Old Ben No. 26 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1968
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End Date:
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1996
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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7,165
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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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| Hoist shaft
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Franklin
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5S 2E
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20
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NE NE
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| Man & material shaft
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Franklin
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5S 2E
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20
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SE NE
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| C portal & D shaft
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Franklin
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5S 2E
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32
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NE NE
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| E & F shaft
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Franklin
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5S 2E
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30
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SW NW
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Geology
| Herrin
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640-651
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8.0-8.8
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RPP, LW, RP, HER[1]
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Geological Problems Reported
A fault system was encountered in the East North mains and the East South mains, which had up to 8 feet of displacement. The main fault zone was about 15 feet wide, with as much as 55 feet of displacement. Oil seeped in along the fault. The roof over most of the mine was Energy Shale, often massive and very silty. Some large (up to 12 inches long) limestone nodules were noted in the Energy Shale. Generally 6 to 10 inches of top coal was left to support and protect the Energy Shale roof. The Anna Shale was the immediate roof over the coal in some rare cases. The coal seam contained rolls 3 to 4 feet wide and smaller. Concretions, small and elongated, occurred in places. Erosional channels were also present. Minor floor heave was seen in several places, along both entries and crosscuts (no preferred orientation).
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 57,779,383
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company map
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12-31-1996
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1:4800
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1:4800
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Franklin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Franklin County) - Mine type, shaft location, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Company map, ISGS Coal Section files (digital) - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Company:
Map Date: 12-31-1996
Coal Co.: Old Ben Coal Corporation
Mine Name: Old Ben No. 26 Mine
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Notes
- ↑ The mining method is recorded as RPP from 1968 to 1978, and afterwards as LW & RP. The source map shows areas where pillars were removed as mining ended in different areas.
- ↑ owned by British Petroleum in the 1980s; bought by Zeigler Coal Holding Company in July 1990
