Mine Index 0915 Big Ridge Coal Company, Big Ridge No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0915

Company Name:	Big Ridge Coal Company
Mine Name:	Big Ridge No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1970	End Date:	1978
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	235Production indicates approximately 60 acres were mined. Some of this acreage was probably mined by other operators and some of the area shown is a general area of mining. The boundaries of surface mines are notoriously difficult to pick out on aerial photographs because of the affected acreage around the mines, with haulage roads and other disturbed areas around the pits.
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple / pit

Saline

9S 7E

19

SE NW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

35-59

3.83-4.33

Surface

Geological Problems Reported

Water in the pit was sometimes a problem.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Big Ridge Coal Company (add)	Big Ridge No. 1 (add)	1970-1978 Idle 1976	376,187
Total Production: 376,187

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS Coal Section strip mine updates

1976

1:7896

1:7896

Secondary source

ISGS map library, 4102 a-7, sheet 2

1981-1983

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Digital ortho-photographic quadrangle

2000

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, tipple / pit location, seam, geologic problems.

ISGS field notes (Saline County) - Mine type, tipple / pit location, seam, mining method.

ISGS Coal Section strip mine updates - Mine outline, pit locations.

ISGS map library, 4102 a-7, sheet 2, work map for Rudement Quadrangle Geologic Map - Mine outline.

Digital ortho-photographic map, Rudement 7.5-minute Quadrangle - Mine outline.