Mine Index 0763 Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, Gillespie Mine

Mine Index Number: 0763

Company Name:	Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
Mine Name:	Gillespie Mine
Start Date:	1881	End Date:	December 31, 1909
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	529
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

8N 6W

18

SW NE SW

Air/escape shaft (5 x 10 ft)

Macoupin

8N 6W

18

SW NE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

345-355

6.0-8.0

MRP

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

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

O. Young, D. W. Fuller and O. F. McKinney (add)	Young, Fuller and McKinney (add)	1881-1882 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.	75,000

Young and McKinney (add)	Young and McKinney (add)	1882-1883	125,000

Gillespie Coal Company (add)	Gillespie (add)	1883-1886	258,260

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Gillespie (add)	1886-1909	2,029,293

Total Production: 2,487,553

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company map

12-30-1909

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Macoupin County) - Shaft location, seam, geologic problems.

Company map, ISGS map library, Old Ben Coal Co. archive collection - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.