Mine Index 0073 Mt. Olive and Staunton Coal Company, Mt. Olive and Staunton No. 2 Mine

Disclaimer INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
	Unlocated Mines In:	Macoupin unlocated, Madison unlocated
	County:	Madison Macoupin
	Quadrangle:	New Douglas Worden Gillespie South Mount Olive
	County Coal Data:	Madison Macoupin
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 0073


Company Name:	Mt. Olive and Staunton Coal Company
Mine Name:	Mt. Olive and Staunton No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1904	End Date:	June 1957
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	5,504
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Madison

6N 6W

10

150 FNL, 100 FWL

Air shaft

Madison

6N 6W

10

NW NW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

293-325

5.0

8.0

6.5-7.0

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

Some small faults were present, with displacement of 3 feet. Roof rolls sometimes cut the coal thickness down to 4 feet. Some gas was present near the roof. The floor clay heaved slightly.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Mt. Olive and Staunton Coal Company (add)	Mt. Olive and Staunton No. 2 (add)	1904-1957	32,519,272


Total Production: 32,519,272

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

State archive, IL_47

3-1-1965

1:4800

Final

State archive, IL_2620

4-1935

1:2400

Not final

State archive, IL_2646

Undated

Unknown

1:24000

Undated

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Madison County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

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

State archive, IL_47 - Shaft locations, mine outline (east side of mine), mining method.

State archive, IL_2620 - Mine outline (southwest side of mine).

State archive, IL_2646 - Mine outline (west side of mine).

Mine Notes

Mine Images

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	State Archive
	Map ID:	IL_47
	Company:	Mt. Olive and Staunton Coal Company
	Mine Name:	Mt. Olive and Staunton No. 2
	Caption:
	Map Date:	03-01-1965
	Map Status:	Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:	Map used for shaft locations, mining method, mine outline (east side)
	More Info:	M0073 IL 47
	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!	https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/madison/m0073 IL 47.zip

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	State Archive
	Map ID:	IL_2646
	Company:	Mt. Olive and Staunton Coal Company
	Mine Name:	Mt. Olive and Staunton No. 2
	Caption:
	Map Date:	Undated
	Map Status:	Undated
	Image Credit:
	Note:	Map used for outline on west side of Mine Index 0073. Map also show additional mining for Mine Index 2796 (east & northeast sides).
	More Info:	M0073 IL 2646
	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!	https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/madison/m0073 IL 2646.zip

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	State Archive
	Map ID:	IL_2620
	Company:	Mt. Olive and Staunton Coal Company
	Mine Name:	Mt. Olive and Staunton No. 2
	Caption:
	Map Date:	04-1935
	Map Status:	Not Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:	Shows additional mining on the southwest side of the mine.
	More Info:	M0073 IL 2620
	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!	https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/madison/m0073 IL 2620.zip

Photographs

Notes