Mine Index 0761 Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, Consolidated No. 8 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0761

Company Name:	Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
Mine Name:	Consolidated No. 8 Mine
Start Date:	1881	End Date:	March 31, 1914
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	807
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

Macoupin

7N 6W

11

NW NE SW

Air shaft The air shaft for Consolidated No. 8 was the main shaft for Consolidated No. 9 (mine index 2895, closed in 1891), and was also used as an air shaft for Consolidated No. 10 (mine index 2894). This point is shown as a main shaft on the accompanying map.

Macoupin

7N 6W

2

SW SE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

400-440

9.0

7.5-8.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

A large squeeze occurred north of the main shaft in the W ½ NE 11-T7N-R6W, and another occurred in the S ½ SE 10-T7N-R6W. Two areas caved, both in the SW 12-T7N-R6W. A fire was also indicated on one of the source maps, in the SW NE SE 10-T7N-R6W.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

South Mt. Olive Coal Company (add)	South Mt. Olive (add)	1881-1883	51,252

Ellsworth Coal and Mining Company (add)	Ellsworth No. 8 (add)	1883-1886	165,810

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Consolidated No. 8 (add)	1886-1914	5,643,086

Total Production: 5,860,148

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_884_01

3-31-1914

1:2400

1:2400

Final

State archive, IL_859_01

3-31-1914

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.

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.

State archive, IL_884_01 - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.

State archive, IL_859_01 - Mine outline (west extensions), geologic problems.

Old Ben Archive Collection map - Geologic problems.