Mine Index 0762 Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, Consolidated No. 6 Mine

Disclaimer INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
	Unlocated Mines In:	Macoupin unlocated
	County:	Macoupin
	Quadrangle:	Worden Gillespie South
	County Coal Data:	Macoupin
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 0762


Company Name:	Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
Mine Name:	Consolidated No. 6 Mine
Start Date:	1881	End Date:	1909
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,030
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

32

NW NE SW

Air shaft

Macoupin

7N 6W

32

NW NE SW

Escape shaft ^[1] (6 x 8 ft)

Macoupin

7N 6W

29

SE SW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

309-325

7.0 (6.0-7.5)

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Ridgely, Sutton and Daniel (add)	Ridgely, Sutton and Daniel No. 6 (add)	1881-1882	50,000 ^[2]

Ellsworth Coal Company (add)	Ellsworth No. 6 (add)	1882-1886	713,215

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Consolidated No. 6 (add)	1886-1896	2,582,307

T. E. Weisenbaum (add)	Consolidated No. 6 (add)	1896-1897	279,630

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Consolidated No. 6 (add)	1897-1909	2,761,165


Total Production: 6,386,317

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

State archive, IL_1127_03

10-8-1909

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Madison County) - Shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

State archive, IL_1127_03 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

History of Macoupin County, 1911, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 727p. - Ownership.

Kilduff, Mary Dorrell, 1988, Staunton in Illinois, 273 p. - Ownership.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	State Archive
	Map ID:	IL_1127_03
	Company:	Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
	Mine Name:	Consolidated No. 6
	Caption:
	Map Date:	10-08-1909
	Map Status:	Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:	Also used for the east outline of Mine Index 2897
	More Info:	M0762 IL 1127 03
	Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!	https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/macoupin/m0762 IL 1127 03.zip

Photographs

Caption: Subsidence fill, L and M track SE of Staunton--Consolidated No 6 mine
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-1044
Caption: Subsidence fill, L and M track SE of Staunton--Consolidated No 6 mine
Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
Library No.: M-1045

Notes

↑ The escape shaft was the formerly the main shaft for the Staunton No. 5 Mine (mine index 2897).
↑ According to The History of Macoupin County and Staunton in Illinois, Henry Voge sank this shaft about 1880, or perhaps as early as 1877. Production during this time period is unknown.

[1] The escape shaft was the formerly the main shaft for the Staunton No. 5 Mine (mine index 2897).

[2] According to The History of Macoupin County and Staunton in Illinois, Henry Voge sank this shaft about 1880, or perhaps as early as 1877. Production during this time period is unknown.

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