Mine Index 0942 Central States Mining Company, Elk Mine

Mine Index Number: 0942

Company Name:	Central States Mining Company
Mine Name:	Elk Mine
Start Date:	1972	End Date:	1977
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	5 The area shown on the accompanying map is smaller than expected for the reported production. Production indicates approximately 26 acres were mined. The Elk Mine probably included some of the area shown on the accompanying map as Main Line No. 2 Mine (mine index 2442).
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit / tipple

Jackson

7S 1W

8

SW

Geology

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

Springfield

30

4.2-5.0

Surface

Geological Problems Reported

The coal was overlain by 5 to 6 feet of Dykersburg Shale. In the northern part of the pit, only a black shale was present directly over the coal. Some slip fractures were present in the seam. Pyrite was abundant in the cleats. The Herrin Coal was mined in a few places where it was not eroded under the glacial drift.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Elk Coal Company (add)	Elk (add)	1972-1973	29,948

Central States Mining Company (add)	Elk (add)	1974-1977	174,592

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Coal Section files, strip mine updates

7-7-1976

1:7920

1:7920

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Jackson County) - Mine type, pit location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Coal Section files, strip mine updates - Mine outline, mining method.