Mine Index 0998 ACI Illinois, Viper Mine

Mine Index Number: 0998

Company Name:	ACI Illinois
Mine Name:	Viper Mine
Start Date:	1982	End Date:	Active
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	16,251
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 shaft

Logan

18N 3W

20

SE NE NW

Air / escape shaft

Logan

18N 3W

20

SW NW NE

Air shaft

Logan

17N 4W

1

SW NW SW

Air shaft

Logan

17N 4W

1

NW NW SW

Geology

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

Springfield

275

5.2

6.1

5.6

BRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Turris Coal Company The ownership changed to Zeigler-Old Ben Coal Company in 1994, but the mine continued to report under the same name. (add)	Elkhart (add)	1982-2003	32,156,609

I. C. G. Illinois, LLC A subsidiary of International Coal Group, Inc. (add)	Viper (add)	2004-2011	17,697,323

ACI Illinois (add)	Viper (add)	2012-2018	13,761,674

ICG Illinois, LLC (add)	Viper (add)	2019-	4,347,900Production shown is through 2022, the latest available Coal Report.

Total Production: 67,963,506

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 6-460P

3-28-2022

1:9600

1:9600

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Logan County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Company map, Coal Section files, 6-460P - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.