Mine Index 2841 Big Arch Coal Company, Big Arch Mine

Mine Index Number: 2841

Company Name:	Big Arch Coal Company
Mine Name:	Big Arch Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	1936
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	19
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The area shown includes Mine Index 2842, Wilson Mine. The area shown on the map is much larger than this production would have mined. Since the source map for the polygon was created before this company operated, this area was probably mined previously by other (unknown) coal companies. See, “Mines Whose Locations Are Not Known, Alton Quadrangle”.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Madison

6N 10W

36

SW SW NE

Geology

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

Colchester

13

2.7

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Big Arch Coal Company (add)	Big Arch (add)	1936-1936	12
Total Production: 12

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS mine notes

undated

(text only)

1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.

Secondary source

Federal Land Bank Report

6-1934

1:126720

1:126720

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Federal Land Bank Report (Madison County) - General area of mining.