Mine Index 3166 Great Central Coal Company, Mifflin Mine

Mine Index Number: 3166

Company Name:	Great Central Coal Company
Mine Name:	Mifflin Mine
Start Date:	1894	End Date:	1907
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	122
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

ShaftThe WPA map indicated the western shaft is the hoist shaft, while the Sanborn Fire Insurance map indicated the western shaft is the air shaft. No company map has been found to resolve the issue, and the shafts are coded as “uncertain type of opening” on the accompanying map.

Perry

6S 2W

2

SE NW NW

ShaftThe WPA map indicated the western shaft is the hoist shaft, while the Sanborn Fire Insurance map indicated the western shaft is the air shaft. No company map has been found to resolve the issue, and the shafts are coded as “uncertain type of opening” on the accompanying map.

Perry

6S 2W

2

SE NW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

44-70

6.0

RP

Geological Problems Reported

Slips and rolls were seen in the roof. The roof varied from black shale to light gray shale. The light gray shale came down readily. The top coal had some partings and pyrite nodules.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Pope Mining Company (add)	Mifflin (add)	1894-1901	144,568

Superior Coal Company (add)	Mifflin (add)	1901-1902	28,705

Lake Superior Coal Company (add)	Pope (add)	1902-1905	192,100

Du Quoin Fuel Company (add)	Mifflin (add)	1905-1906	49,162

Great Central Coal Company (add)	Mifflin (add)	1906-1907	16,186

Total Production: 430,721

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

WPA map, T6S-R2W

Undated

1:12000

1:55096

Secondary source

ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-70

10-1934

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Perry County) - Shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

WPA map, T6S-R2W - Shaft locations.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps - Shaft locations.

ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-70, work map for Federal Land Bank Report - Mine outline.