Mine Index 3261 Houston Coal Company, Houston No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3261

Company Name:	Houston Coal Company
Mine Name:	Houston No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1955	End Date:	May 1967
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	84 This area includes some portions included under Houston No. 2 (mine index 0888) and Johnson No. 1 Mine (mine index 4581), and may include some un-mined areas (haulage, stockpile, etc.).
Production Indicated Acres:	40	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit

Saline

9S 5E

27

SW

Geology

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

Herrin

25-30

4.67-4.83

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Houston Coal Company (add)	Houston No. 1 (add)	1955-1967	266,443
Total Production: 266,443

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Coal Section files

Undated

1:20124

1:20124

Undated

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.

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

Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, location, seam.

ISGS Coal Section files, strip mine updates - Mine outline.