Mine Index 1015 Big Ridge, Inc., Big Ridge Portal No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 1015

Company Name:	Big Ridge, Inc.
Mine Name:	Big Ridge Portal No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1990	End Date:	Before August 13, 1998
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	2,509
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

Saline

9S 7E

20

NW NW SW

Air shaft

Saline

9S 7E

20

NW SW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

150

4.3

6.0

4.5

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

Northwest-southeast trending faults that parallel the Cottage Grove Fault System run through the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Arclar Company (add)	Big Ridge Portal No. 1 (add)	1990-1997	9,249,080The production for Portal No. 1 and Portal No. 2 (mine index 1021) was not listed separately in the Coal Reports. The reported production for 1997 and 1998 has been split into an estimate for each of the two mines.

Big Ridge, Inc. (add)	Big Ridge Portal No. 1 (add)	1998-1998Last reported production: 1998 (Text on the source map stated that the bottom was sealed 8-13-1998.)	384,466The production for Portal No. 1 and Portal No. 2 (mine index 1021) was not listed separately in the Coal Reports. The reported production for 1997 and 1998 has been split into an estimate for each of the two mines.

Total Production: 9,633,546

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.S32 i5.1-96

2-16-1999

1:4800

1:4800

Final

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, slope location, seam, thickness.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S32 i5.1-96 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.