Mine Index 0307 Mulberry Hill Coal Company, Mulberry Hill Mine

Mine Index Number: 0307

Company Name:	Mulberry Hill Coal Company
Mine Name:	Mulberry Hill Mine
Start Date:	1906	End Date:	March 1952
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	633
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 (8.5' x 14')

St. Clair

1S 7W

18

NW NE SW

Air shaft

St. Clair

1S 7W

18

NW NE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

144

6.0

10.5

6.5-6.7

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Concretions were common throughout the mine. Roof rolls were common. Horseback-type features were present, with up to one foot of displacement. The source map shows water in the northwestern portion of the mine (1939, 1940).

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Mulberry Hill Coal Company (add)	Mulberry Hill (add)	1906-1952 Idle last half of 1925	3,877,966

Total Production: 3,877,966

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351167

1-8-1956

1:2400

1:5297

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 351167, reel 03134, frames 312, 313 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.