Mine Index 0413 Superior Coal Company, Superior No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0413

Company Name:	Superior Coal Company
Mine Name:	Superior No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1904	End Date:	May 1951
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. 2 (mine index 0503), Superior No. 3 (mine index 0066), and Superior No. 4 (mine index 0188) 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 (9 x 17 ft)

Macoupin

8N 6W

29

1100 FSL, 1200 FEL, NW

Air shaft

Macoupin

8N 6W

29

NW SE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

320-348

6.5

9.0

7.0-7.5

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

The clay lamina in the upper bench were a detriment as it was next to impossible to pick out much of this material. These upper clay band horizons changed gradually to stony pyrite lenses. There were some facings of pyrite and calcite, of minor importance as an ash constituent. Some gas was present in pockets in the roof shale. Roof rolls were present over the entire mine. A great thickness of soapstone was immediately above the coal. The soapstone was fractured, slipped and very difficult to hold. The coal underneath much of this soapstone was very thinly laminated. Thus, although sometimes left as roof, it served very poorly. The coal was thickest under the thickest areas of soapstone. For instance, where the soapstone was 28 feet thick, the coal was 9 feet thick. A squeeze occurred in the southeast part of the mine. Concretions were common in some parts of the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Superior Coal Company (add)	Superior No. 1 (add)	1904-1951	30,220,349
Total Production: 30,220,349

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_1126_03

undated

1:4800

1:4800

Final

State archive, IL_1130

undated

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

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_1126_03 - Shaft locations, mine outline (east, northeast, north central), mining method.

State archive, IL_1130, map of Superior No. 4 (mine index 0188) - Mine outline (west, southwest).

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).