Mine Index 3485 Home Coal Company, Home Mine

Mine Index Number: 3485

Company Name:	Home Coal Company
Mine Name:	Home Mine
Start Date:	1912	End Date:	1941
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	978
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The boundaries between Home Mine and Mascoutah No. 1 Mine (mine index 0340) could not be distinguished. The acreage reported is the total for these two mines.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (7'x16')

St. Clair

1N 6W

32

SW NW NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 6W

32

SW NW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

160-185

6.5

9.0

7.67

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof is limestone over more than 50% of the mine. In these areas, there is a clod between the coal and the roof that tends to stick to the coal. Cracks are present in some places, and there is generally some movement where the cracks are present - usually an inch or two, but rarely as much as a foot. The coal under the larger cracks have clay-filled cracks similar to the horsebacks of the Springfield Coal. Where black shale forms the roof, concretions are common, generally 1 to 3 feet in diameter. The black shale is difficult to keep up. Pyrite occurs in sheets between the benches, especially in and about 5 inches above the blue band.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Kolb Coal Company (add)	Mascoutah No. 2 (add)	1912-1934 Idle 1928	2,462,269

Edward A. Yoch (add)	Mascoutah (add)	1934-1936 Idle 1935	1,165

Mascoutah Coal and Mining Company (add)	Mascoutah (add)	1936-1940	53,032

Home Coal Company (add)	Home (add)	1940-1941	10,549

Total Production: 2,527,015

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.S31 i5.1-6

10-9-1942

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, shaft location and size, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-6 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Federal Land Bank Report - Depth, thickness.