Mine Index 0151 Slogo Coal Corporation, Slogo Mine

Mine Index Number: 0151

Company Name:	Slogo Coal Corporation
Mine Name:	Slogo Mine
Start Date:	1909	End Date:	March 1927
Type of Mine:	132 The outline shown on the accompanying map shows the White Ash Mine contiguous to the White Ash Mine (mine index 150) and Carterville No. 6 Mine (mine index 323). The boundaries between these mines may be approximate; the area shown is approximately what would have been mined by the combined production of the three mines. In addition, a general area of mining designates an area that could have been mined.
Total acres shown:
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

Williamson

8S 3E

32

NE NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

142

8.0

6.0-7.0

RP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was gray shale. The coal contained pyrite in lenses and stringers, calcite and gypsum fracture fillings, and some thin charcoal lenses throughout the seam.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Carterville District Coal Company (add)	Carterville District No. 1 (add)	1909-1912	620,871

Illinois Hocking Washed Coal Company (add)	Illinois Hocking (add)	1912-1913	201,250

Slogo Coal Corporation The Coal Section mine notes indicate that Lumaghi Brothers owned or operated Slogo Coal Company. The mine was also known under several names, such as Black Briar No. 1 Mine, White Ash Mine, and Goddard Mine. (add)	Slogo (add)	1917-1927 Reported abandoned in 1913, reopened in 1917; idle 1925	765,647

Total Production: 1,587,768

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Composite, 4103.W52 i5.1-189

8-11-1934

1:63360

1:63360

Secondary source

ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-125

3-2-1952

1:2400

1:2400

Secondary source

Coal Section files, 6-429

4-15-1987

1:12000

1:12000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.

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

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

ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-189, work map for Federal Land Bank Report map - Shaft location, mine outline.

ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-125, map of Schull and Moake (mine index 4042) - Mine outline (southern, eastern).

Coal Section files, 6-429, map of Orient No. 4 Mine (mine index 688) - Mine outline (northern).