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Revision as of 11:02, September 23, 2022
Mine Index Number: 0502
Company Name: | Alcoa Ore Company | ||
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Mine Name: | Alcoa Mine | ||
Start Date: | 1889 | End Date: | March 1932 |
Type of Mine: | Underground | ||
Total acres shown: | 552 | ||
Acres after map date: | General Area of mining acres shown: | ||
Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
Type | County | Township-Range | Section | Part Section |
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Main shaft | St. Clair | 1N 8W | 29 | NW SW NE |
Air shaft | St. Clair | 1N 8W | 29 | NE SE NW |
Murphy No. 2 shaft | St. Clair | 1N 8W | 29 | NE NW SE |
Air shaft | St. Clair | 1N 8W | 29 | NE NW SE |
Geology
Thickness (ft) | |||||
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Seam | Depth (ft) | Min | Max | Ave | Mining Method |
Herrin | 51 | 6.0 | MRP |
Geological Problems Reported
The roof shale had numerous concretions, which ranged up to 18 inches in diameter. Some areas of the mine had many slips.
Production
Company | Mine Name | Date | Production (tons) |
Frank Murphy | Murphy No. 2 | 1889-1896 | 13,900 |
Frederick Murphy | Branch | 1896-1909 | 177,970 |
Reeb Coal Company | Murphy | 1909-1916 | 91,944 |
Radium Coal Company | Radium | 1916-1920 | 326,949 |
Aluminum Ore Company | Aluminum Ore | 1920-1929 | 1,715,689 |
Alcoa Ore Company | Alcoa | 1929-1932 Mine listed "idle" until 1938. | 680,585 |
Total Production: 3,007,037 |
Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
Source Map | Map Date | Original Scale | Digitized Scale | Map Type |
Microfilm, document 351041 | 3-3-1938 | 1:2400 | 1:4634 | Final |
Microfilm, document 351101 | Undated | 1:1200 | 1:1490 | Undated |
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. |
Microfilm map, document 351041, reel 03134, frames 130-132 - Shaft locations, mine outline, method. |
Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Thickness, depth, seam, mine type, shaft location, geologic problems. |
Microfilm, document 351101, reel 03134, frame 216 - Mine outline, shaft locations (Murphy Mine). |
Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs