Mine Index 0650 Okaw Coal Company, Vinegar Hill Mine

Mine Index Number: 0650

Company Name:	Okaw Coal Company
Mine Name:	Vinegar Hill Mine
Start Date:	1900	End Date:	July 1948
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	637
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The boundary between this mine and the Fairbanks Mine (mine index 0308) could not be distinguished. The acreage reported is the total for both mines.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (7.5'x14')

St. Clair

3S 7W

2

SE NE NW

Air shaft

St. Clair

3S 7W

2

SE NE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

82-88

6.5

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The mine map shows the northeastern and northwestern areas of the mine labeled “inaccessible”, the northeastern portion due to caving.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Vinegar Hill Coal Company (add)	Vinegar Hill (add)	1900-1901	9,177

Kolb Coal Company (add)	No. 2, Vinegar Hill (add)	1901-1929 Idle 1915-1917, 1924-1929	737,603

Vinegar Hill Coal Company (add)	Vinegar Hill (add)	1929-1946	1,085,022

Okaw Coal Company (add)	Vinegar Hill (add)	1946-1948	117,575

Total Production: 1,949,377

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351066

2-15-1949

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 (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, shaft location, shaft size, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351066, reel 03134, frames 164-167 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.