Mine Index 0186 Illinois Coal and Coke Corporation, Illinois Coal and Coke No. 4 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0186

Company Name:	Illinois Coal and Coke Corporation
Mine Name:	Illinois Coal and Coke No. 4 Mine
Start Date:	1867	End Date:	February 1923
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	641
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Production indicates approximately 1,150 acres were mined, with another 30 acres mined after the map date. Because the mapped area of known workings differed so substantially from the size of the mine calculated from reported production, the area shown on the accompanying map was not coded as a general area of mining, as is the usual custom with the secondary source map from the Federal Land Bank of St. Louis.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Macoupin

12N 6W

32

SE SE NE

Air / escape shaft

Macoupin

12N 6W

32

SW SE NE

Air / escape shaft

Macoupin

12N 6W

32

NE SE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

352-365

5.0

8.5

6.0-7.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Some small faults, with 12 to 15 inches displacement, were noted. The source map showed a feature in SE SE NE 31-T12N-R6W labeled “Fault”, but may be either two parallel faults or a sand channel. Some gas was present in the rooms. The immediate roof was shale that ranged from black and massive to white and crumbly. The white crumbly shale was present in patches throughout the mine, and was from 1 inch to 6 feet thick. Above the shale was up to 12 inches of lenticular limestone, and above that was 4 feet of green and brown shale and a crumbly gray shale before reaching a persistent and competent limestone. Rolls and slips were present in the coal, one cutting out 4 feet of coal (from the top; the floor remained level). Generally, 14 to 22 inches of top coal was left to help support the shale roof and protect the roof from moisture.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Carpenter (add)	Carpenter (add)	1867-1881	996 Production is unknown prior to June 1878, and from July 1879 to June 1881. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 15 acres were mined.

Young, Armstrong and Lowe (add)	Young, Armstrong and Lowe (add)	1881-1882 Production is unknown prior to June 1878, and from July 1879 to June 1881. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 15 acres were mined.	60,000

Girard Coal and Tile Company The firm consisted of A. K. Young, C. C. Armstrong , and Henry Wood. (add)	Girard (add)	1882-1883	62,000

Girard Coal Company (add)	Girard (add)	1883-1904	2,471,104

Illinois Collieries Company (add)	Illinois Collieries No. 5 (add)	1904-1909	852,344

Girard Colliery Company (add)	Girard Collieries No. 5 (add)	1909-1913	1,153,874

Montour Coal Company (add)	Montour No. 403 (add)	1913-1918	1,282,868

Pittsburg Coal Company (add)	Pittsburg No. 403 (add)	1918-1920	346,314

Illinois Coal and Coke Corporation Also known as Nason Coal Company (add)	Illinois Coal and Coke No. 4 (add)	1920-1921	249,748

Illinois Coal and Coke Corporation (add)	Illinois Coal and Coke No. 4 (add)	1921-1923	159,272 Production after map date

Total Production: 6,638,520

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_1128_01

6-1921

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

State archive, IL_1115_01

8-6-1916

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

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.

State archive, IL_1128_01 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

State archive, IL_1115_01 - Mine outline (southern and southwestern extent).

Federal Land Bank Report (Macoupin County) - Mine outline (eastern and southern extent).