Mine Index 0628   Lill Coal Company,   Lill Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: St. Clair unlocated
County: St. Clair
Quadrangle: Millstadt
County Coal Data: St. Clair
Shown On Map: No
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 0628

Company Name: Lill Coal Company
Mine Name: Lill Mine
Start Date: 1934 End Date: 1939
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: Less than 1
Acres after map date: 3 General Area of mining acres shown:

Not Shown On Map. This area was later surface-mined by the Midwest Radiant Mine (mine index 0682), and the Lill Mine is not shown on the accompanying map.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main shaft [1] St. Clair 1S 9W 2 NW SW NW

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Herrin 51 6.0 RP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Lill Coal Company Lill 1934-1934 2,018
Lill Coal Company Lill 1934-1939 [2] 17,155 [3]
Total Production: 19,173

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Microfilm, document 351057 7-31-1934 1:1200 1:1986 Not 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, seam, depth, thickness.
Microfilm map, document 351057, reel 03134, frame 155 - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. The source map was drafted very early in this mine’s operating span. An air shaft was almost certainly constructed at a later time, but the location is unknown.
  2. Changed management / ownership in 1939, but reported under the same name
  3. Production after map date