Mine Index 2463 Murphysboro-Big Muddy Coal Company, Murphysboro-Big Muddy No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2463

Company Name:	Murphysboro-Big Muddy Coal Company
Mine Name:	Murphysboro-Big Muddy No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1884	End Date:	1900
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	41 This outline includes Bryden No. 5 (mine index 2464). Production for Murphysboro-Big Muddy No. 1 Mine indicates approximately 87 acres were mined.
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 The mine was known to have an old slope (1885-1893) and probably an air shaft. No company maps of this mine has been found, and the location of these features is not known.

Jackson

7S 3W

21

SE NE NE

Geology

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

Murphysboro

25

3.5

5.33

4.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Bryden Coal and Coke Company (add)	Bryden No. 1 (add)	1884-1893	335,068

Murphysboro-Big Muddy Coal Company (add)	Murphysboro-Big Muddy No. 1 (add)	1893-1900	94,640

Total Production: 449,708

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.J31 i5.1-37

circa 1934

1:31680

1:31680

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.

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

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

ISGS map library, 4103.J31 i5.1-37, sheet 4, work map for Federal Land Bank Report - Shaft location, mine outline.