Mine Index 0079 Southern Coal, Coke and Mining Company, Southern Mine No. 8

Mine Index Number: 0079

Company Name:	Southern Coal, Coke and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Southern Mine No. 8
Start Date:	1903	End Date:	1928
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	997
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

St. Clair

1N 7W

17

SE SW NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 7W

17

SE SW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

115-128

6.0

7.5

6.7-7.0

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

Clay veins, slips and rolls occured in this mine. The black shale roof contained concretions and slips. The slips extended up into the limestone above the shale. The displacement was generally 5 or 6 inches, but the roof was bad in the vicinity of slips and came down in massive blocks. Gas was also present in the slips, and water seeped in from the slips. The floor clay heaved badly when wet. In one case where the pillar was slightly robbed and the clay was wet, the floor heaved 3 feet.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Lenz Coal and Mining Company (add)	Lenz No. 2, Shiloh (add)	1903-1905	52,324

Southern Coal and Mining Company (add)	Southern No. 8 (add)	1905-1912	1,430,949

Southern Coal, Coke and Mining Company (add)	Southern No. 8 (add)	1912-1927	4,811,276

Southern Coal, Coke and Mining Company (add)	Southern No. 8 (add)	1927-1928	12,338 Production after map date

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, PB_986

1922

1:4800

1:4800

Not final

WPA

6-21-1927

1:1200

1:24828

Secondary source

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.

ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-54, map of St. Ellen Mine (mine index 533) - Mine outline (western), mining method.

WPA map - Shaft locations, south part of mine outline (eastern).

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Land Bank Report (St. Clair County) - Depth, thickness.