Mine Index 0080   Gill Coal Corporation,   Gill Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: St. Clair unlocated
County: St. Clair
Quadrangle: Baldwin
St. Libory
Tilden
County Coal Data: St. Clair
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 0080

Company Name: Gill Coal Corporation
Mine Name: Gill Mine
Start Date: 1899 End Date: March 1937
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: 287
Acres after map date: 2 General Area of mining acres shown:

The area shown on the accompanying map is approximately 35 acres larger than expected for the reported production. The boundary between the Eureka No. 1 Mine (mine index 3622) and the Gill Mine is not clear. It is likely that area depicted on the accompanying map as Gill Mine contains areas mined by Eureka No. 1 Mine.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main shaft (6 x 12 feet) St. Clair 3S 6W 27 SW SW NE
Air shaft St. Clair 3S 6W 27 NE NE SW

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Herrin 99-105 6.0 8.5 6.75 MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Some rolls and slips were present, but the coal was never completely cut out by the rolls. The immediate roof above the coal varied. The cap rock was limestone up to 5 feet thick. Sometimes shale was present below the limestone. The shale ranged up to 15 feet thick. Draw slate was also present in some areas, and was generally less than 14 inches thick. The coal seam contained several layers with streaks of pyrite and bone coal less than 1 inch thick with thicker layers of dirty coal up to 1.5 feet thick. Bone coal and pyrite were not loaded with the coal mined. The floor was fire clay that ranged from 4 to over 6 feet thick.

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Superior Coal Company [1] Superior 1899-1900 None reported
Borders Coal Company [2] Borders 1900-1913 853,241
Forsythe Coal Company Forsythe 1913-1915 64,348
Dozow Valley Coal Company Dozow Valley 1915-1916 32,060
Forsythe Coal Company Dozow Valley 1916-1919 211,163
New Marissa Coal Company New Marissa 1919-1922 204,003
Lyle Coal Company [3] Lyle 1922-1931 460,429 [4]
Gill Coal Corporation Gill 1931-1937 171,014
Gill Coal Corporation Gill 1937-1937 10,278 [5]
Total Production: 2,066,536

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
State archive, IL_392_01 3-1-1937 1:2400 1:2400 Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, shaft size & location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
State archive, IL_392_01 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

[[:Lyle|Lyle]]These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered. Map Type: State Archive
Map ID: IL_392_01
Company: Lyle Coal Company
Mine Name: Lyle
Caption:
Map Date: 03-01-1937
Map Status: Not Final
Image Credit:
Note:
More Info: M0080 IL 392 01
Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download! https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/st clair/m0080 IL 392 01.zip

Photographs

Notes

  1. The name changed because a Superior Coal Company was already operating at another location along the same railroad. The ownership of Borders Coal Company and Superior Coal Company was the same.
  2. The name changed because a Superior Coal Company was already operating at another location along the same railroad. The ownership of Borders Coal Company and Superior Coal Company was the same.
  3. In 1926, the mine was leased to Wallace Coal Company.
  4. Idle 1930 & 1931
  5. Production after map date