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==Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)== | ==Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)== |
Latest revision as of 17:01, December 12, 2022
Mine Index Number: 0792
Company Name: | Senior Hill Coal Company | ||
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Mine Name: | A-kay Mine | ||
Start Date: | 1893 | End Date: | August 1948 |
Type of Mine: | Underground | ||
Total acres shown: | 337 | ||
Acres after map date: | General Area of mining acres shown: | ||
The southern part of the western side of the mine was later surface-mined by River King No. 6 Mine (mine index 0934). |
Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
Type | County | Township-Range | Section | Part Section |
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Main shaft (6.5'x13') | St. Clair | 3S 6W | 7 | SE NW SW |
Air shaft | St. Clair | 3S 6W | 7 | NE SW SW |
Geology
Thickness (ft) | |||||
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Seam | Depth (ft) | Min | Max | Ave | Mining Method |
Herrin | 98 | 6.0-7.0 | MRP |
Geological Problems Reported
The western side of the southernmost extensions are labeled “caved” and some are designated with “water”. Old works were encountered near the center of the mine, on the southern side between the east and west “wings” of mining. This area has been designated with a large general area of mining on the accompanying map. The old works may have been from the early years of this mine or a different operator.
Production
Company | Mine Name | Date | Production (tons) |
Tirre Coal and Mining Company | Tirre No. 1 | 1893-1907 | 525,296 |
Bessemer Washed Coal Company | Lenzburg | 1907-1911 | 181,691 |
Tirre Coal and Mining Company | Tirre | 1911-1916 Idle 1915 and 1916 | 63,766 |
Lenzburg Coal Company | Tirre | 1916-1917 | 32,179 |
Columbia Collieries Company | New Lenzburg | 1917-1930 Idle 1928 and 1929 | 232,389 |
Lenzburg Coal Company | Lenzburg | 1930-1942 | 467,835 |
Smith Coal Company | A-kay No. 83 | 1942-1943 | 56,567 |
Smith Coal Company | A-kay No. 83 | 1943-1944 | 135,289 Production after map date |
A-kay Coal Company | A-kay | 1945-1946 | 197,101 Production after map date |
Smith Coal Company | A-kay | 1946–1947 | 47,938 Production after map date |
Senior Hill Coal Company | A-kay | 1947-1948 | 102,068 Production after map date |
Total Production: 2,042,119 |
Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
Source Map | Map Date | Original Scale | Digitized Scale | Map Type |
Company, state archive IL_117 | 2-24-1953 | 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. |
Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, shaft location, shaft size, seam, depth, thickness. |
Company map, state archive, IL_117 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems. |
Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs