Mine Index 0947 Harrisburg Coal Company, Harrisburg No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0947

Company Name:	Harrisburg Coal Company
Mine Name:	Harrisburg No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1949	End Date:	September 1978
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	486
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 slope

Williamson

9S 4E

27

NE SE NE

Air slope

Williamson

9S 4E

26

NW SW NW

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

26

NE SW SW

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

26

SE NW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

70

4.25

MRP, some HERIn some cases, the entire pillar was pulled.

Geological Problems Reported

A fault in the W¹/₂ E¹/₂ 26-T9S-R4E required an unmined 200 foot corridor to be left, except for entries that provided access to the coal on the eastern side of the fault. A faulted block prevented mining in SW SW 26-T9S-R4E. A northeast-southwest trending fault was present in NW NW 26- T9S-R4E. This low-angle reverse fault interfered with the general mine plan. With it, a zone of crushed shale made a bad plane of weakness in the roof, yet no apparent displacement of the coal seam took place in some segments of this fault. In most places the roof was excellent, consisting of a medium gray shale that was moderately hard, well bedded, and finely silty. One area of bad roof was noted on the source map in the northwestern part of the mine. Rolls were present in the mine, generally trending north-south, creating problems with mining and roof control. 60-inch roof bolts were used in those areas, whereas normally 30-inch bolts were used. The overburden decreased to the south and there was a splitting of the coal in the southern part of the mine. The coal thickness varied over the mine property. Occasional pyrite lenses occurred in the coal, mostly near the top of the seam.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Harrisburg Coal Company, Incorporated Owned by United Energies, Inc. of West Frankfort (add)	Harrisburg No. 1 (add)	1949-1978	1,689,991
Total Production: 1,689,991

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353043

10-13-1978

1:2400

1:4966

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, slope and shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 353043, reel 03141, frame 227 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.