Mine Index 0644 Troy Domestic Mining Company, Troy Mine

Mine Index Number: 0644

Company Name:	Troy Domestic Mining Company
Mine Name:	Troy Mine
Start Date:	1900	End Date:	February 1953
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,679
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft

Madison

3N 7W

9

130 FNL, 30 FWL

Air shaft

Madison

3N 7W

9

NW NW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

273-287

5.0-5.5

RPP, MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Some small slips and some jointing occurred in this mine. In some places, concretions in the roof were directly on top of the coal.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Donk Brothers Coal and Coke Company (add)	Donk No. 3 (add)	1900-1922	4,713,304

Troy Coal Company (add)	Troy No. 1 (add)	1922-1931	953,907

Chicopee Coal Company (add)	Chicopee No. 1 (add)	1931-1941	596,781

Troy Domestic Mining Company (add)	Troy Domestic (add)	1941-1953	554,229

Total Production: 6,818,221

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352380

11-14-1953

1:2400

1:4469

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Madison County) - Mine type, shaft location, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 352380, reel 03139, frames 9-12 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining methods.