Mine Index 3212 Roy McMillain and Company, Beattie Mine

Mine Index Number: 3212

Company Name:	Roy McMillain and Company
Mine Name:	Beattie Mine
Start Date:	1918	End Date:	1920
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. Not shown on accompanying map because of later surface mining by Burning Star No. 3 Mine (mine index 930).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft

Randolph

5S 6W

18

SW NE SE

Geology

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

Springfield

24-35

4.5

Underground

Geological Problems Reported

The major mining difficulty was with the roof shale, a black to dark gray shale that was fissile in places and in other areas (particularly on the northern side of the mine) was sooty and bothersome. The sooty shale came down when the coal was mined. The fissile shale slaked and fell and was gobbed in the mine. Water came in, but a day’s inflow could be pumped out in an area, and so caused little difficulty. The coal was thinner at the shaft than north and east of the shaft. Low rolls were encountered on the main east. Rooms were planned between rolls to avoid the thinnest coal. The coal was very soft, and little visible pyrite was present.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Roy McMillian and Company (add)	Beattie (add)	1918-1920	500
Total Production: 500

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Federal Land Bank Report

7-1934

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 (Randolph County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

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

ISGS field notes (H. E. Culver, 1923) - Mine type, mine operator, seam, geologic problems.

Federal Land Bank Report (Randolph County) - Shaft location.