Mine Index 0080 Gill Coal Corporation, Gill Mine

Mine Index Number: 0080

Company Name:	Gill Coal Corporation
Mine Name:	Gill Mine
Start Date:	1899	End Date:	March 1937
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	287
Acres after map date:	2	General Area of mining acres shown:
The area shown on the accompanying map is approximately 35 acres larger than expected for the reported production. The boundary between the Eureka No. 1 Mine (mine index 3622) and the Gill Mine is not clear. It is likely that area depicted on the accompanying map as Gill Mine contains areas mined by Eureka No. 1 Mine.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (6 x 12 feet)

St. Clair

3S 6W

27

SW SW NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

3S 6W

27

NE NE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

99-105

6.0

8.5

6.75

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Some rolls and slips were present, but the coal was never completely cut out by the rolls. The immediate roof above the coal varied. The cap rock was limestone up to 5 feet thick. Sometimes shale was present below the limestone. The shale ranged up to 15 feet thick. Draw slate was also present in some areas, and was generally less than 14 inches thick. The coal seam contained several layers with streaks of pyrite and bone coal less than 1 inch thick with thicker layers of dirty coal up to 1.5 feet thick. Bone coal and pyrite were not loaded with the coal mined. The floor was fire clay that ranged from 4 to over 6 feet thick.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Superior Coal Company The name changed because a Superior Coal Company was already operating at another location along the same railroad. The ownership of Borders Coal Company and Superior Coal Company was the same. (add)	Superior (add)	1899-1900	None reported

Borders Coal Company The name changed because a Superior Coal Company was already operating at another location along the same railroad. The ownership of Borders Coal Company and Superior Coal Company was the same. (add)	Borders (add)	1900-1913	853,241

Forsythe Coal Company (add)	Forsythe (add)	1913-1915	64,348

Dozow Valley Coal Company (add)	Dozow Valley (add)	1915-1916	32,060

Forsythe Coal Company (add)	Dozow Valley (add)	1916-1919	211,163

New Marissa Coal Company (add)	New Marissa (add)	1919-1922	204,003

Lyle Coal Company In 1926, the mine was leased to Wallace Coal Company. (add)	Lyle (add)	1922-1931	460,429 Idle 1930 & 1931

Gill Coal Corporation (add)	Gill (add)	1931-1937	171,014

Gill Coal Corporation (add)	Gill (add)	1937-1937	10,278 Production after map date

Total Production: 2,066,536

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_392_01

3-1-1937

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, shaft size & location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

State archive, IL_392_01 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.