Mine Index 4513 Main Line Coal Corporation, Main Line No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 4513

Company Name:	Main Line Coal Corporation
Mine Name:	Main Line No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1964	End Date:	1967
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	38
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple / pit

Williamson

8S 1E

30

N ½ of section

Geology

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

Herrin

50-60

9.0-10.0

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Big Muddy Coal Company (add)	Big Muddy No. 1 (add)	1964-1966	564,852

Main Line Coal Corporation (add)	Main Line No. 1 (add)	1966-1967	359,946

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

USGS topographic map

1968

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, tipple / pit location, seam, depth, thickness.

De Soto Quadrangle, USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, 1968 - Mine outline, mining method.

Coal Section files, 10-9-2, map of Williamson No. 2 Mine (mine index 1027) - General mine location.