Category:O'Fallon-Quadrangle

Mining in the O'Fallon Quadrangle

Mining in this quadrangle began prior to 1874, and continued until 1970. The date of the earliest mining is not known; the 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County shows several mines in this area (including mining within Belleville), some with substantial railroad spurs to the mine tipple. The most recent mine in the O'Fallon quadrangle is the Belle Valley Mine (mine index 929), just east of Belleville. Two of the mines in this area operated for long periods; the St. Ellen Mine (mine index 533) was in operation for 56 years and St. Louis & O'Fallon No. 2 (mine index 416) operated for 49 years.

The Herrin Coal was the only coal mined here, ranging from 5.5 to 7.5 feet thick and 40 to 202 feet deep. A number of mines reported problems with the mine floor "heaving" or "squeezing". These problems typically occur in wet conditions such as this where the bedrock cover above the coal is relatively thin.

Note that a number of mines that are known to have operated in this area could not be located. All of this quadrangle contains minable coal and any area is potentially undermined.

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Coal Mines In Illinois O'Fallon Quadrangle

Mines that Appear on the O'Fallon Quadrangle

	Combined	County
0079	Southern Coal and Mining Company, Southern No. 8 Mine Southern Coal, Coke and Mining Company, Southern No. 8 Mine Lenz Coal and Mining Company, Lenz No. 2 Mine	St. Clair
0081	Joseph Taylor, Taylor No. 1 Mine International Coal and Mining Company, Taylor Mine West Virginia Coal Company, Taylor Mine Perry County Coal Corporation, Taylor Mine Perry Coal Company, Taylor Mine	St. Clair
0201	Consolidated Coal Company, Consolidated No. 17 Mine	St. Clair
0203	Little Oak Coal Company, Little Oak Mine Southern Coal and Mining Company, Southern No. 7 Mine St. Clair Southern Coal Company, Little Oak Mine Mascoutah Coal Company, Little Oak Mine Oak Coal Company, Little Oak Mine Southern Coal, Coke and Mining Company, Southern No. 7 Mine	St. Clair
0305	Adams Coal and Tow Company, Ruby Mine Ratican, Joyce and Grieve, Ruby Mine Ruby Mining Company, Ruby Mine William Ratican, Ruby Mine Cluly-Miller Coal Company, Ruby Mine Howard E. Miller, Ruby Mine Consumers Coal Company, Consumers No. 1 Mine St. Louis and O'Fallon Coal Company, Ruby Mine	St. Clair
0341	Pittsburgh Mining Company, Pittsburgh Mine New Pittsburgh Mining Company, Pittsburg Mine Pittsburg Mining Company, Pittsburg Mine Lewis Mishaelis, Pittsburg Mine Pittsburg Mine, Pittsburg Mine Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, Pittsburg Mine Louis Michaelis, Pittsburg Mine Consolidated Coal Company, Pittsburg Mine Theodore Micheals, Pittsburg Mine Perry County Coal Corporation, Pittsburg Mine Perry Coal Company, Pittsburg Mine	St. Clair
0416	St. Louis and O'Fallon Coal Company, No. 2 Mine	St. Clair
0533	Joseph Taylor Coal Company, St. Ellen Mine Fisher Fuel Company, St. Ellen Mine St. Ellen Coal Company, St. Ellen Mine Perry County Coal Corporation, St. Ellen Mine Perry Coal Company, St. Ellen Mine Peabody Coal Company, St. Ellen Mine	St. Clair
0626	Prairie Coal Company, Prairie Mine	St. Clair
0781	Summit Coal Company, Summit Mine Summit Coal and Mining Company, Summit Mine	St. Clair
0782	Abend, Abend No. 1 Mine Klingenfus Brothers, Abend No. 1 Mine Patterson and Harding, Patterson and Harding Mine E. Harding and C. G. Stall, Harding and Stall Mine C. G. Stuhl, Stuhl Mine Frank Sargent, Abend No. 1 Mine	St. Clair
0785	Gartside Coal Company, Gartside Mine Joseph Taylor, Alma Mine Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, Alma Mine Richard Lindley, Alma Mine International Coal and Mining Company, Carbon Mine West Virginia Coal and Mining Company, Carbon Mine Perry County Coal Corporation, Carbon Mine Perry Coal Company, Carbon Mine Lebanon Coal and Mining Company, Carbon Mine	St. Clair
0786	Gartside Coal Company, Crossroads Mine Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, Mentor Mine Nugent Kidd, Mentor Mine Consolidated Coal Company, Mentor Mine Joseph Taylor, Mentor Mine Joseph Taylor, Ridge Prairie Mine Gartside Coal Company, Mentor Mine	St. Clair
0797	Darrow, Darrow Mine Silver Creek Coal and Mining Company, Darrow Mine Consumers Coal Company, Darrow Mine O'Fallon Coal and Mining Company, Darrow Mine	St. Clair
0929	Belle Valley Coal Company, Inc., Belle Valley Mine	St. Clair
3488	Shiloh Valley Coal Company, Davis Mine Shiloh Valley Coal Company, Frost Mine	St. Clair
3492	Charles Hortman, Hortman Mine White and Nesbit, Hortman Mine White and Son, Hortman Mine	St. Clair
3497	John Kloess, Kloess No. 1 Mine	St. Clair
3504	Beck-Walker Coal Company, Royal Mine Royal Coal Company, Royal Mine Columbia Collieries Company, Royal Mine G and E Coal Company, G and E Mine New Royal Coal Company, New Royal Mine	St. Clair
3505	Sporleder Coal Service, Sporleder Mine	St. Clair
3506	Randle and Miller, Randle and Miller Mine Eldnar Coal Company, Eldnar Mine	St. Clair

Unlocated Mines

St. Clair County

	Combined	City
1630000a	John Roes, Roes Mine	West Belleville (City)
1630000b	John Roes, Roes Mine	West Belleville (City)
1630000d	Donk Brothers, Donk Mine	St. Louis (City)
1630000e	Daniel Knechte, Knechte Mine	Birkner (City)
1630001	Providence Coal Company, Providence Mine	Caseyville (City)
1630002	Bartlet Coal Company, Bartlett Mine	Collinsville (City)
1630003	Bartlett Coal Company, Bartlett Mine	Collinsville (City)
1630004	George F. Savitz, Savitz Mine	St. Louis (City)
1630005	George F. Savitz, Savitz Mine	St. Louis (City)
1630006	George F. Savitz, Savitz Mine	St. Louis (City)
1630007	Herring and Donenwald, Herring and Donenwald Mine	St. Louis (City)
1630008	Winslow Coal Company, Winslow Mine	Birkner (City)
1630009	Keable Brothers, Keable Mine Avery Brothers, Avery Mine	Birkner (City)
1630010	G. F. Smith and Company, Smith Mine	Belleville (City)
1630011	Grantz and company, Grantz Mine	Belleville (City)
1630012	Hazard, Wilson and Company, Hazard and Wilson Mine Enterprise Coal Mining Company, Enterprise Mine Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, Enterprise Mine Enterprise Coal Company, Enterprise Mine Joseph Gast, Enterprise Mine	Belleville (City)
1630015	Kennedy Coal Company, Kennedy Mine	St. Louis (City)
1630020	Silk, Lee and Company, Silk and Lee Mine	French Village (City)
1630021	John Maelh, Maelh Mine	Caseyville (City)
1630023	Gellwicks and Richards, Gellwicks and Richards Mine G. B. Gelwicks, Gelwicks Mine Gelwicks and Herlbach, Gelwicks and Herlback Mine George Gelwick, Gelwick Mine	Belleville (City)
1630024	Willaim Davis, Davis Mine	French Village (City)

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