Mine Index 0767 Edwardsville Coal Company, Edwardsville Mine

Mine Index Number: 0767

Company Name:	Edwardsville Coal Company
Mine Name:	Edwardsville Mine
Start Date:	1910	End Date:	1945
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	58
Acres after map date:	13	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Madison

4N 8W

12

SW SE NW

Air shaft

Madison

4N 8W

12

SW SE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

140

5.5-7.0

MRP,RPBThe majority of the mine is MRP, but some areas are RPB. The map is coded MRP.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

East Side Coal Company (add)	East Side (add)	1910-1937 Idle 1930	337,929

East Side Coal Company (add)	East Side (add)	1937-1940	22,810 Production after map date

Edwardsville Coal Company, Inc. (add)	Edwardsville (add)	1940-1945	55,855 Production after map date

Total Production: 416,594

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352393

8-28-1937

1:2400

1:3310

Not 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) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352393, reel 03139, frame 35 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.