Mine Index 1042 Knight Hawk Coal, LLC, Royal Falcon Mine

Mine Index Number: 1042

Company Name:	Knight Hawk Coal, LLC
Mine Name:	Royal Falcon Mine
Start Date:	2007	End Date:	2009
Type of Mine:	Surface & Underground
Total acres shown:	4 surface and 83 underground
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Drift

Jackson

7S 1W

25

NW SE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

Surface

Herrin

Underground

Geological Problems Reported

The Cottage Grove fault system runs east-west north of this mine, and the Walshville Channel runs north-south west of this mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Knight Hawk Coal, LLC (add)	Royal Falcon (add)	2007-2009	984,460

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Coal Section files, digital map

3-2-2010

1:3600

1:3600

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Coal Section files, digital map - Drift location, mine outline, mining method.