Mine Index 0332 Southern Coal Company, Southern No. 10 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0332

Company Name:	Southern Coal Company
Mine Name:	Southern No. 10 Mine
Start Date:	1898	End Date:	July 7, 1910
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	40
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 The symbol on the source map indicates the hoist shaft may have been combined with an air shaft.

Clinton

1N 4W

3

NW SW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

345-350

4.5

5.17

4.83

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Germantown Coal Company (add)	Germantown No. 1 (add)	1898-1905	191,759

Southern Coal Company (add)	Southern No. 10 (add)	1905-1909 The source map had the abandoned date scrawled across the mine outline. Although no production was listed in the 1909-1910 fiscal year Coal Report, some production may have occurred after the production listed above. Alternatively, the mine may have been idled but economic conditions did not warrant re-opening the mine, and the production shown may be the total removed from the mine before closure.	84,718

Total Production: 276,477

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_474_01

7-7-1910

1:2400

1:4303

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Clinton County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Company map, state archive, IL_474_01 - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.