Mine Index Number: 0763
| Company Name:
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Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
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| Mine Name:
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Gillespie Mine
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| Start Date:
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1881
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End Date:
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December 31, 1909
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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529
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Macoupin
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8N 6W
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18
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SW NE SW
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| Air/escape shaft (5 x 10 ft)
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Macoupin
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8N 6W
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18
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SW NE SW
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Geology
| Herrin
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345-355
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6.0-8.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof was composed of a shale called “soapstone” up to 10 feet thick. Coal, 12 to 18 inches thick, was left in place to support this shale.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 2,487,553
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company map
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12-30-1909
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Macoupin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Macoupin County) - Shaft location, seam, geologic problems.
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| Company map, ISGS map library, Old Ben Coal Co. archive collection - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
![[[:Gillespie|Gillespie]]](https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/macoupin/thumbnails/m0763mrg_th.jpg) These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Company
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| Map ID:
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Old Ben Archive
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| Company:
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Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
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| Mine Name:
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Gillespie
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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12-30-1909
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| Map Status:
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Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M0763mrg
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| 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!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/macoupin/m0763mrg.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ According to The Staunton Times (February 26, 1897), the shaft was sunk in 1880 by Henry Voge. Production (if any) prior to 1881 is unknown.
