Mine Index 0780 J. W. Moser, Turkey Hill Mine

Mine Index Number: 0780

Company Name:	J. W. Moser
Mine Name:	Turkey Hill Mine
Start Date:	1887	End Date:	1900
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	25
Acres after map date:	56	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

33

SW NW NW

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 7W

33

SE NW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

103

6.0

MRP,RPBsome RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Turkey Hill Mining Company (add)	Turkey Hill (add)	1887-1890	143,660 Production since map date. Mining occurred under a previous owner who is unknown (see Mines Whose Locations Are Not Known, mines near Rentchler, p. 52, this directory). The 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County showed a mine at this location, indicating that mining may have occurred 13 years prior to this recorded history.

J. W. Moser (add)	Turkey Hill (add)	1890-1893	54,990 Production since map date. Mining occurred under a previous owner who is unknown (see Mines Whose Locations Are Not Known, mines near Rentchler, p. 52, this directory). The 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County showed a mine at this location, indicating that mining may have occurred 13 years prior to this recorded history.

Mathews Case Coal Company (add)	Turkey Hill (add)	1893-1894	20,000 Production since map date. Mining occurred under a previous owner who is unknown (see Mines Whose Locations Are Not Known, mines near Rentchler, p. 52, this directory). The 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County showed a mine at this location, indicating that mining may have occurred 13 years prior to this recorded history.

Turkey Hill Mining Company (add)	Turkey Hill (add)	1894-1895	20,000 Production since map date. Mining occurred under a previous owner who is unknown (see Mines Whose Locations Are Not Known, mines near Rentchler, p. 52, this directory). The 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County showed a mine at this location, indicating that mining may have occurred 13 years prior to this recorded history.

J. W. Moser (add)	Turkey Hill (add)	1895-1900	64,754 Production since map date. Mining occurred under a previous owner who is unknown (see Mines Whose Locations Are Not Known, mines near Rentchler, p. 52, this directory). The 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County showed a mine at this location, indicating that mining may have occurred 13 years prior to this recorded history.

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351046

12-16-1887

1:1200

1:2069

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.

ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.

Microfilm map, document 351046, reel 03134, frame 141 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.