Mine Index 7163 Big Muddy Coal and Iron Company, Big Muddy No. 4 Mine

Mine Index Number: 7163

Company Name:	Big Muddy Coal and Iron Company
Mine Name:	Big Muddy No. 4 Mine
Start Date:	1887	End Date:	1896
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	547 The boundary between Big Muddy No. 5 Mine (mine index 7164) and Big Muddy No. 4 cannot be distinguished. The area shown includes both mines.
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 shaft

Jackson

8S 2W

33

NE NE SE

Geology

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

Murphysboro

150

6.0-6.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

St. Louis Ore and Steel Company (add)	St. Louis Ore and Steel No. 4 (add)	1887-1893	732,692

Big Muddy Coal and Iron Company (add)	Big Muddy No. 4 (add)	1893-1896	283,795

Total Production: 1,016,487

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352478

9-1-1924

1:2400

1:4800

Final

ISGS map library, 4103.J31 i5.1-1

8-31-1920

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Microfilm map, document 352478, reel 03139, frames 168, 169 - Shaft location, mine outline (east half), mining method.

ISGS map library, 4103.J31 i5.1-1 - Mine outline, mining method.