Mine Index 2845 Centralia Mining and Manufacturing Company, Centralia No. 1 Mine

Disclaimer INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
	Unlocated Mines In:	Marion unlocated
	County:	Marion
	Quadrangle:	Centralia West
	County Coal Data:	Marion
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 2845

The area shown on the accompanying map includes the production of Centralia No. 2 Mine (mine index 0444). The boundary between the two mines is not discernable.
Company Name:	Centralia Mining and Manufacturing Company
Mine Name:	Centralia No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1881	End Date:	March 1894
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,084
Production Indicated Acres:	50 (including the 33 acres mined before production was reported in 1882).	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Marion

1N 1E

18

NE SW SW

Air shaft

Marion

1N 1E

18

NE SW SW

Geology

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

Herrin ^[1]

569

6.0-7.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Centralia Mining and Manufacturing Company (add)	Centralia No. 1 (add)	pre1881-1894 ^[2]	650,333
Total Production: 650,333

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Company, 4102 i5.1-93

2-1913

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Company map, ISGS map library, 4102 i5.1-93 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

↑ The 1894 Coal Report indicated that the No. 1 shaft was deepened to 876 feet and a lower coal was mined alongentries extending 500 feet to either side of the deepened shaft. However, the top was found to be very poor, water seeped in, faults were numerous and the coal thinned, such that the lower seam was abandoned in March 1894
↑ Production and years of operation before 1882 are not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicates that 33 acres were mined. The production listed above includes only the tonnage reported as Centralia No. 1 through 1891. The Sanborn Fire Insurance maps show the No. 2 shaft (mine index 0444) working in 1894, which is where the production has been split for this report.

[1] The 1894 Coal Report indicated that the No. 1 shaft was deepened to 876 feet and a lower coal was mined alongentries extending 500 feet to either side of the deepened shaft. However, the top was found to be very poor, water seeped in, faults were numerous and the coal thinned, such that the lower seam was abandoned in March 1894

[2] Production and years of operation before 1882 are not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicates that 33 acres were mined. The production listed above includes only the tonnage reported as Centralia No. 1 through 1891. The Sanborn Fire Insurance maps show the No. 2 shaft (mine index 0444) working in 1894, which is where the production has been split for this report.

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