Mine Index 0454 Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, New Monarch Mine

Mine Index Number: 0454

Company Name:	Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
Mine Name:	New Monarch Mine
Start Date:	1897	End Date:	July 1940
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	2,032 in Herrin Coal and less than 1 acre in the Springfield Coal.
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

Williamson

8S 2E

20

NW SW SE

Air shaft

Williamson

8S 2E

20

NW SW SE

Air shaft

Williamson

8S 2E

21

SE NE NW Shared with mine index 0711, the Buckhorn Mine, another Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis mine.

Blind slope A blind slope (slope which does not reach the surface) extended from the workings in the Herrin Coal to the Springfield Coal.

Williamson

8S 2E

20

NE SE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

150

6.0

9.5

8.75-9.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Several faults were noted on the source map. Two trended northwest-southeast and one trended northeast-southwest. A 1925 explosion killed two miners in an entry where ventilation had failed. The roof was a massive gray sandy shale, cut by vertical joints. When exposed by mining, the roof tended to fall in thick layers. Top coal (16 to 24 inches) was left to support the roof, but this top coal was mined on retreat. A death occurred in 1910 as a result of pillars being pulled. Local hollows in the floor and rolls in the roof were present.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Big Muddy Coal and Iron Coal Company (add)	Big Muddy No. 7 (add)	1897-1920	8,018,238

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Consolidated No. 7; New Monarch (add)	1920-1940	8,020,692

Total Production: 16,038,930

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, state archive, IL_1686

7-19-1940

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Company, Old Ben Archive Collection

4-1-1940

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Company map, state archive, IL_1686 - Mine outline, mining method.

Company map, Old Ben Archive Collection - Shaft and slope locations, mine outline (west and east sides), mining method.