Mine Index 4089 Barbara Kay Coal Company, Incorporated, Barbara Kay Mine

Mine Index Number: 4089

Company Name:	Barbara Kay Coal Company, Incorporated
Mine Name:	Barbara Kay Mine
Start Date:	1938	End Date:	February 1972
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	526
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 4E

18

NE SE SW

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

18

NW SE SW

Geology

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

Springfield

108-120

4.0-4.5

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

The source map shows a squeezed area in the SW 18-T9S-R4E. A southeast-northwest-trending fault is also indicated in the same section. This stopped westward expansion of one panel, while southward expansion of the same panel appears to have been halted by water.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Howerton Coal Company (add)	Howerton (add)	1938-1941	34,533

Knickerbocker and McSparin Coal Company (add)	Knickerbocker and McSparin (add)	1942-1947 Idle 1946 & 1947	84,559

Barbara Kay Coal Company (add)	Barbara Kay (add)	1948-1965	925,165

Barbara Kay Coal Company, Incorporated (add)	Barbara Kay (add)	1965-1972	746,449

Total Production: 1,790,706

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, MSHA_583_01

2-9-1972

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.

State archive map, MSHA_583_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.