Mine Index 2071 Franklin Coal and Coke Company, Mitchell No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2071

Company Name:	Franklin Coal and Coke Company
Mine Name:	Mitchell No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1909	End Date:	June 1923
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	129. Recorded production indicates approximately 700 acres were mined, but source map is final. Production from mine index 0057 (Franklin County No. 7 Mine, just east and north of mine index 2071) may have been shipped through the Franklin No. 11 Mine tipple.
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

Franklin

7S 1E

33

NW NW SW

Air shaft

Franklin

7S 1E

33

NW NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

214

8.9-10.33

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The mine had gas, and an explosion in 1914 killed 52 men.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Big Muddy and Carterville Coal Company (add)	Big Muddy and Carterville (add)	1909-1910 No production was reported under this name; this company may have only dug the shaft.	(none)

Franklin Coal and Coke Company (add)	Mitchell No. 1 (add)	1910-1923	6,136,556

Franklin County Coal Company (add)	Franklin No. 11No production was reported under this name, the company and mine name are from Coal Section mine notes. (add)	1925-1925	(none)

Total Production: 6,136,556

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.F7 i5.1-6

1-6-1948

1:4800

1:4800

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, thickness, geologic problems.

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

Mine notes (Franklin County) - Mine type, shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness, ownership.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.F7 i5.1-6 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.