Mine Index 0185   Royal Colliery Company,   Royal No. 2 Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Macoupin unlocated
County: Macoupin
Quadrangle: Virden North
Virden South
County Coal Data: Macoupin
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 0185

Company Name: Royal Colliery Company
Mine Name: Royal No. 2 Mine
Start Date: 1903 End Date: 1924
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: 1,459
Acres after map date: 50 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main shaft Macoupin 12N 6W 8 SE SW SW
Air shaft Macoupin 12N 6W 8 SE SW SW

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Herrin 300-350 4.5 7.5 6.0-6.5 MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The soft, massive, dark-to-light gray shale roof required timbering. One slip, with a displacement of 1.5 feet and filled with clay gouge, was noted. A few rolls were present in the roof. The principle trouble with the coal was the number and thickness of horizontal shale and pyrite bands. The coal seam contained pyrite bands in lenses and stringers above the blue band. Calcite and gypsum fracture fillings were throughout the bed vertically and laterally.

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Royal Colliery Company Royal No. 1 1903-1914 3,091,390
Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin Coal Company Royal 1914-1919 2,407,238
Royal Colliery Company Royal No. 2 1919-1923 1,008,894
Royal Colliery Company Royal No. 2 1923-1924 363,318 [1]
Total Production: 6,870,840

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
State archive, IL_1131_03 7-1-1923 1:2400 1:2400 Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Macoupin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Macoupin County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
State archive, IL_1131_03 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

[[:Royal No. 1|Royal No. 1]]These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered. Map Type: State Archive
Map ID: IL_1131_03
Company: Royal Colliery Company
Mine Name: Royal No. 1
Caption:
Map Date: 07-01-1923
Map Status: Not Final
Image Credit:
Note: Map was also used for additional workings (in the Southwest) for mine index 0067
More Info: M0185 IL 1131 03
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/macoupin/m0185 IL 1131 03.zip

Photographs

Notes

  1. Production after map date