Mine Index Number: 0080
Company Name:
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Gill Coal Corporation
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Mine Name:
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Gill Mine
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Start Date:
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1899
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End Date:
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March 1937
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Type of Mine:
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Underground
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Total acres shown:
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287
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Acres after map date:
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2
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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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.
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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Main shaft (6 x 12 feet)
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St. Clair
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3S 6W
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27
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SW SW NE
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Air shaft
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St. Clair
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3S 6W
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27
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NE NE SW
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Geology
Herrin
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99-105
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6.0
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8.5
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6.75
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MRP
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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
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Total Production: 2,066,536
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
State archive, IL_392_01
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3-1-1937
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Not final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, shaft size & location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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State archive, IL_392_01 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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State Archive
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Map ID:
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IL_392_01
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Company:
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Lyle Coal Company
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Mine Name:
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Lyle
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Caption:
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Map Date:
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03-01-1937
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Map Status:
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Not Final
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Image Credit:
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Note:
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More Info:
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M0080 IL 392 01
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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!
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https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/st clair/m0080 IL 392 01.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ In 1926, the mine was leased to Wallace Coal Company.
- ↑ Idle 1930 & 1931
- ↑ Production after map date