3509

Mine Index Number: 3509

Company Name:	Northside Coal Company
Mine Name:	Muren Mine
Start Date:	1897	End Date:	1946
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	421
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

St. Clair

1N 8W

14

NW NE SW

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

14

NE NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

141-150

6.5-7.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Muren Coal and Ice Company (add)	Muren No. 1 (add)	1897-1905	960,282

Southern Coal and Mining Company (add)	Southern No. 6 (add)	1905-1917 Idle 1908, 1909, 1913-1917	296,477

Southern Coal, Coke and Mining Company (add)	Southern No. 6 (add)	1917-1939	1,277,052

Northside Coal Company (add)	Muren (add)	1939-1946	225,079

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351105

3-1948

1:2400

1:4800

Final

Microfilm, document 351052

1-27-1947

1:2400

1:3807

Secondary source

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.

ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.

Microfilm map, document 351105, reel 03134, frame 221 - Shaft locations, mine outline, method.

Microfilm map, document 351052, reel 03134, frame 149, map of Tower Grove Coal Company (mine index 3510) - Mine outline (west side).

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Thickness, depth, seam, mine type, shaft location.