Mine Index 0067 Virden Mining Company, Virden Mine

Mine Index Number: 0067

Company Name:	Virden Mining Company
Mine Name:	Virden Mine
Start Date:	1892	End Date:	July 1960
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,866
Acres after map date:	6	General Area of mining acres shown:	86

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Macoupin

12N 6W

9

NE NW NE

Air shaft

Macoupin

12N 6W

4

SE SW SE

“New” air shaft

Macoupin

12N 6W

3

SE SW NE

Geology

		Thickness (ft)
Seam	Depth (ft)	Min	Max	Ave	Mining Method

Herrin

320-330

4.0

8.0

6.0-7.0

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

Top coal (15 to 18 inches) was left to support the roof because of the clod between the coal and the limestone caprock. The northern part of the mine had a sandstone roof, which resulted in some wet areas. Rolls were present on the western side of the mine, which curtailed development in that direction. Pyrite bands and lenses were present throughout the seam and the mine. The floor heaved in some areas.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Chicago-Virden Coal Company (add)	Chicago-Virden No. 1 (add)	1892-1904	2,796,067

Illinois Collieries Company (add)	Illinois Collieries No. 1 (add)	1904-1909 Idle 1909	1,141,110

Glenridge Coal Company (add)	Glenridge No. 1 (add)	1909-1913	664,732

Montour Coal Company (add)	Montour No. 402 (add)	1913-1918 Idle 1916	646,361

Pittsburg Coal Company (add)	Pitsburg No. 402 (add)	1918-1920	384,787

Illinois Coal and Coke Corporation (add)	Illinois Coal and Coke No. 3 (add)	1920-1923	861,467

Illinois Coal Corporation (add)	Empire No. 3 (add)	1923-1932 Idle 1926-1931	569,768

Virden Coal Company (add)	Virden (add)	1932-1937	309,008

Lincoln Liquidating Company (add)	Lincoln Liquidating (add)	1937-1939	129,606

Virden Mining Company (add)	Virden (add)	1939-1959	2,879,381

Virden Mining Company (add)	Virden (add)	1959-1959	28,833 Production after map date

Total Production: 10,411,120

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352558

4-1959

1:2400

1:4966

Not final

Microfilm, document 352541

2-28-1938

1:2400

1:4138

Not final

State archive, IL_1131_03

7-1-1923

1:2400

1:2400

Secondary source

Federal Land Bank Report

4-1934

1:126720

1:126720

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth.

Mine notes (Macoupin County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 352558, reel 03139, frames 307-314 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Microfilm map, document 352541, reel 03139, frames 272-274 - Partial mine outline (west side).

State archive, IL_1131_03, map of Royal Colliery Mine (mine index 0185) - Partial mine outline (southwest part of mine).

Federal Land Bank Report (Macoupin County) - General area of mining.

ISGS map library, 4103.M34 i5.1-1 - Geologic problems.