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Mine Index Number: 2753

Company Name:	Troy Cooperative Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Troy Cooperative Mine
Start Date:	1882	End Date:	1911
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	175
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Madison

3N 7W

9

SE SE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

278-280

5.0-6.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Troy Coal and Mining Company Managed by Donk Brothers (add)	Troy (add)	1882-1886	100,298

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Troy (add)	1886-1896	600,972

James Wilde / Thomas Miller James Wilde, lessee, died as a result of mining accident (5-3-1897). The lessee at the time of reporting was Thomas Miller. (add)	Troy (add)	1896-1897	32,406

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Troy (add)	1897-1910 Idle 1902 to 1910	95,324

Troy Cooperative Coal and Mining Company (add)	Troy (add)	1910-1911	5,600 Production after map date

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352391

12-1903

1:12000

1:13241

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Microfilm map, document 352391, reel 03139, frame 32 - Shaft locations, mine outline.