Mine Index 0792 Senior Hill Coal Company, A-kay Mine

Mine Index Number: 0792

Company Name:	Senior Hill Coal Company
Mine Name:	A-kay Mine
Start Date:	1893	End Date:	1948
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	268 The probable location of these acres are shown on the map by the yellow “General area of mining” shade.
Acres after map date:	87	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

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)
Seam	Depth (ft)	Min	Max	Ave	Mining Method

Herrin

98

6.0-7.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The west side of the southernmost extensions are labeled “caved” and some are designated with “water”.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Tirre Coal and Mining Company (add)	No. 1 (add)	1893-1907	525,296

Bessemer Washed Coal Company (add)	Lenzburg (add)	1907-1911	181,691

Tirre Coal and Mining Company (add)	Tirre (add)	1911-1916 Idle 1915 and 1916	63,766

Lenzburg Coal Company (add)	Tirre (add)	1916-1917	32,179

Columbia Collieries Company (add)	New Lenzburg (add)	1917-1930 Idle 1928 and 1929	232,389

Lenzburg Coal Company (add)	Lenzburg (add)	1930-1942	467,835

Smith Coal Company (add)	A-kay No. 83 (add)	1942-1943	56,567

Smith Coal Company (add)	A-kay No. 83 (add)	1943-1944	135,289 Production after map date

A-kay Coal Company (add)	A-kay (add)	1945-1946	197,101 Production after map date

Smith Coal Company (add)	A-kay (add)	1946–1947	47,938 Production after map date

Senior Hill Coal Company (add)	A-kay (add)	1947-1948	102,068 Production after map date

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.S31 i5.1-19

8-6-1943

1:1200

1:1200

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.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-19 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.

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