Mine Index 0118   Glen Coal Company,   Eclipse Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Fulton unlocated
County: Fulton
Quadrangle: Astoria
County Coal Data: Fulton
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 0118

Company Name: Glen Coal Company
Mine Name: Eclipse Mine
Start Date: 1908 End Date: 1924
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: 88
Production Indicated Acres: 20 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main shaft Fulton 3N 1E 14 SE SW SE
Air shaft Fulton 3N 1E 14 SE [1]
Shaft Fulton 3N 1E 14 NE SE SE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Springfield 65 5.42 6.0 5.67 RP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was composed of black shale over the entire mine. Prominent subsidence at the surface indicated that the shale roof was very thin in many places. Clay slips and faults were noted in the seam. Caved areas prevented examination of the faults. The coal was cut out by post-Pennsylvanian valleys with vertical walls. The usual clay slips of the Springfield Coal were prominent, with the usual uneven contact with the coal along the sides of the slip, and with the usual clay partings in the coal adjacent to the slip being prominent as well. The coal was fairly flat-lying, with the exception of the western workings. One roll was present, limiting a mule to two cars in a haulage circuit, partly due to poor equipment.

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
F. G. Bader Bader 1908-1909 40
Bader and Bader Bader 1909-1910 1,875
E. G. Bader Eclipse 1910-1912 5,832
Eclipse Coal Company Eclipse 1912-1923 [2] 90,700
Glen Coal Company Eclipse 1923-1924 1,200
Total Production: 99.647

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Mine notes (H. E. Culver) Undated 1:62500 1:62500 Secondary source
Federal Land Bank Report 4-20-1933 1:124800 1:124800 Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, shaft location (western), seam, depth, thickness.
Federal Land Bank Report - Shaft location (eastern), mine outline.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. A sketch in the mine notes shows an air shaft 450 feet east of the main shaft. The air shaft location was not accurate enough to include on the accompanying map.
  2. Idle 1916