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|Company=Superior Mining Company {{#info:The 1930 map's title block lists the operator as West Virginia Coal Company of Missouri.  Production was not listed in the Coal Reports under that name.|note}}
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|Date=1918-1921
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Revision as of 16:56, October 4, 2022

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: St. Clair unlocated
County: St. Clair
Quadrangle: French Village
County Coal Data: St. Clair
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 3615

Company Name: Superior Mining Company
Mine Name: Valley Mine
Start Date: 1901 End Date: January 1921
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: 104
Acres after map date: General Area of mining acres shown:

Valley Mine was connected underground to Superior Mine (mine index 0078) for haulage, as well as to Victor Mine (mine index 4331).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main shaft St. Clair 2N 9W 36 SE SE SE
Air shaft St. Clair 2N 9W 36 SE SE SE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Herrin 85 6.0-7.0 RPB

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Valley Coal and Mining Company Valley 1901-1907 362,196
Kolb Coal Company Valley 1907-1915 Idle 1909, 1914, 1915. 110,198
White Coal Company Valley 1915-1917 69,180
Beck and White Coal Company Valley 1917-1918 85,768
[[Superior Mining Company The 1930 map's title block lists the operator as West Virginia Coal Company of Missouri. Production was not listed in the Coal Reports under that name.]] Valley 1918-1921 102,570
Property "Company" (as page type) with input value "Superior Mining Company The 1930 map's title block lists the operator as West Virginia Coal Company of Missouri. Production was not listed in the Coal Reports under that name." contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.
Total Production: 729,912

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
State archive, IL_221 2-2-1930 1:2400 1:2400 Final

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.
State archive, IL_221 - Shaft locations, mine outline, method.
Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Depth, seam, mine type, shaft location.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs