Mine Index 0188 Superior Coal Company, Superior No. 4 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0188

Company Name:	Superior Coal Company
Mine Name:	Superior No. 4 Mine
Start Date:	1918	End Date:	May 1954
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	19,186
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The boundaries between this mine, Superior No. 1 (mine index 0413), Superior No. 2 (mine index 0503), and Superior No. 3 (mine index 0066) could not be distinguished. The acreage reported is the total for all four mines.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (11 x 21 ft)

Macoupin

7N 7W

10

30 FSL, 910 FWL, SW NE

Air shaft (11 x 17 ft)

Macoupin

7N 7W

10

SE SW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

307-314

6.0 Where the coal was cut out or eroded, the seam thickness was as low as 3 feet.

8.0-8.5

7.0-7.5

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

Slips and rock rolls were common in the coal. The rock rolls were nodules or protrusions downward from the limestone roof. These were more common in the eastern side of the mine and decreased to the west. The western workings were very wet; one hypothesis suggested that the moisture seeped in through the slips. Some faults were present, with displacement up to 2 feet or more. In one place, the limestone cap rock was impure and a roof fall included the limestone. Concretions (some limey) were present in the southeastern part of the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Superior Coal Company (add)	Superior No. 4 (add)	1918-1953 Idle 1933	24,113,128

Superior Coal Company (add)	Superior No. 4 (add)	1953-1954	307,336 Production after map date

Total Production: 24,420,464

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_1130

5-25-1954

1:4800

1:4800

Final

State archive, IL_1124

10-29-1953

1:4800

1:4800

Final

State archive, IL_1102

8-7-1953

1:4800

1:4800

Final

State archive, IL_1126_03

5-9-1951

1:4800

1:4800

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, shaft sizes.

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_1130 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

State archive, IL_1124, map of Superior No. 3 (mine index 0066) - Mine outline (west, north).

State archive, IL_1102, map of Superior No. 2 (mine index 0503) - Mine outline (southeast, south central).

State archive, IL_1126_03, map of Superior No. 1 (mine index 0413) - Mine outline (east, northeast, north central).