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Latest revision as of 14:43, July 19, 2023
Mine Index Number: 3604
Company Name: | New Devils Hole Coal Company | ||
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Mine Name: | New Devils Hole Mine | ||
Start Date: | Pre 1874 | End Date: | 1940 |
Type of Mine: | Underground | ||
Total acres shown: | 84 | ||
Acres after map date: | 3 | 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 | 2N 8W | 16 | SE SW SW |
Air shaft | St. Clair | 2N 8W | 16 | SE SW SW |
New air shaft | St. Clair | 2N 8W | 16 | SW SW SW |
Geology
Thickness (ft) | |||||
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Seam | Depth (ft) | Min | Max | Ave | Mining Method |
Herrin | 120-141 | 5.5-6.3 | RPB |
Geological Problems Reported
Two areas of squeeze were noted on the source map in the southern part of the mine (SE NE NE 20-T2N-R8W and NW SW NW 21-T2N-R8W). The entries south of the shaft were labeled "caved" (NW NW NW 21-T2N-R8W).
Production
Company | Mine Name | Date | Production (tons) |
Quick Mining Company | Union | pre1874-1884 | 3,200 Shown on 1874 atlas near railroad siding; ownership, production, and years of operation before 1883 are not known. |
Idle | 1884-1918 | ||
Peoples Coal Company | Peoples No. 1 | 1918-1926 Idle 1925 | 241,054 |
Mowe and Chapple | Mowe and Chapple | 1926-1928 | 25,120 |
Caseyville Coal Company | Caseyville | 1928-1932 Idle 1929-1932 | 4,692 |
Sargent Coal Company | Sargent | 1932-1933 | 9,413 |
Devils Hole Coal Company | Devils Hole | 1933-1934 | 6,421 |
Hippard Coal Company | Hippard No. 2 | 1934-1937 | 30,901 |
White Ash Coal Company | White Ash | 1937-1939 | 970 |
New Devils Hole Coal Company | New Devils Hole | 1939-1939 | 2,183 |
New Devils Hole Coal Company | New Devils Hole | 1939-1940 | 12,130 Production after map date |
Total Production: 335,114 |
Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
Source Map | Map Date | Original Scale | Digitized Scale | Map Type |
Microfilm, document 351072 | 2-18-1939 | 1:1200 | 1:2317 | Not 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. |
Microfilm map, document 351072, reel 03134, frames 174,175 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method. |
Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Shaft location, mine type, seam, depth, thickness. |
Company map, State Archive, IL_316 and PB_126 - Mine ownership (Quick Mining Company), years of operation. |
Atlas of St. Clair County, Illinois, 1874, Warner and Beers, Chicago, Illinois - Years of operation. |
Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs