Category:Macoupin-County

County Coal Data

Mines that Appear in Macoupin-County

*9998 & 9999 = Unknown dates

Unlocated Mines in Macoupin-County

Mine that have known coal production but no known location

Historical Mined Out Area Maps

WPA

These maps were constructed as part of the nationwide Works Projects Administration (WPA), generally between 1934 and 1937 with some later updates or revisions,

Disclaimer
Maps for some locations might have multiple versions/seams, please inspected these areas closely for differences.
Notes and corrections were made by ISGS staff.
These maps are reproductions from microfilm, they may be of poor quality with text difficult to read.

Federal Land Bank of St. Louis, Preliminary Reports on Subsidence Investigations

Federal Land Bank of St. Louis, Preliminary Reports on Subsidence Investigations (refered by Coal Section Staff as "Quade Maps")
Mining engineers working for the Federal Land Bank of St. Louis mapped areas of subsidence due to coal mining in the early 1930s. These reports often include county maps of mine properties with mined-out areas including shaft locations, as well as subsidence areas.

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Maps for some locations might have multiple versions/seams, please inspected these areas closely for differences.
These maps are accompanied by a report, please download and inspect this document.
Notes and corrections were made by ISGS staff.

Photographs

Caption: Superior Coal Mine No.2 Gillespie
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-1042
Caption: Subsidence fill, L and M track SE of Staunton--Consolidated No 6 mine
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-1044
Caption: Subsidence fill, L and M track SE of Staunton--Consolidated No 6 mine
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-1045
Caption: View looking southward at preparation plant of Monterey Coal Company's Mine No. 1
Date: 1979
Caption: Monterey #1, Macoupin Co. 1979
Date: 1979
Caption: Floor heaving: 7' vertical opening was closed to only a few feet. Wooden posts which were set when the squeeze first started broke.
Date: 07/11/1972
Caption: Floor heaving: 7' vertical opening was closed to only a few feet.
Date: 07/11/1972
Caption: As the floor heaves particularly near the center of the rooms, irregular cracks start to develop thus dividing the floor into separate plates thereby allowing differential movement of these plates.
Date: 07/11/1972
Caption: Floor heaving: 7' vertical opening was closed to only a few feet. Wooden posts which were set when the squeeze first started broke or were pused into the underclay whiched heaved and broke around them.
Date: 07/11/1972
Caption: The heaving puts unusual stresses on the coal pillars which leads to their ultimate failure.
Date: 07/11/1972
Caption: The heaving puts unusual stresses on the coal pillars which leads to their ultimate failure.
Date: 07/11/1972
Date: 07/11/1972
Date: 07/11/1972
Library No.: Mn act macoupin 14
Date: 07/11/1972
Date: 07/11/1972
Date: 07/11/1972
Date: 07/11/1972
Date: 07/11/1972
Caption: Anna Shale, slip and bedding.
Date: 07/31/1974
Caption: Anna Shale, slip and bedding.
Date: 07/31/1974
Caption: Roof fall, where Energy Shale above coal (many plants in shale) above Energy Shale very thin Anna Shale and "pot" of Brereton Limestone.
Date: 07/31/1974
Caption: "Crossbedding of coal laminae in gray shale, fall along slip"
Date: 07/31/1974
Caption: Energy Shale pinching out towards the south, rather thin (2 ft) Anna Shale above and thin Brereton Limestone; fall along slip.
Date: 07/31/1974
Caption: Septarian concretions in gray silty mudstone above the Herrin Coal
Date: 07/29/1984
Caption: Pyritic concretion at coal-shale boundary.
Date: 07/29/1984
Caption: One of many flat-lying fossil logs in the immediate roof.
Date: 07/29/1984
Caption: Fossil tree stump, or "kettlebottom" in immediate roof.
Date: 07/29/1984
Caption: "Kettlebottom", Monterey No. 1 Mine, in Energy Shale.
Date: 07/29/1984