Mine Index 0783 White Rose Coal Company, White Rose Mine

Mine Index Number: 0783

Company Name:	White Rose Coal Company
Mine Name:	White Rose Mine
Start Date:	1895	End Date:	1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	119
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

St. Clair

1N 8W

29

NE SW SE

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

29

NE SW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

97-110

6.0-6.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Conrad Reeb (add)	Reeb (add)	1895-1901	26,488

Reeb Brothers (add)	Reeb (add)	1901-1905 Idle 1904 and 1905	7,000

Conrad Reeb (add)	Reeb (add)	1905-1906	400

Bretz and Schilling (add)	White Rose (add)	1906-1919	191,859

White Rose Mining Company (add)	White Rose (add)	1919-1924	93,572

Bretz and Schilling (add)	White Rose (add)	1924-1928	67,182

White Rose Coal Company (add)	White Rose (add)	1928-1929	11,351

East Bell Coal Company (add)	White Rose (add)	1929-1937	239,341

White Rose Coal Company (add)	White Rose (add)	1937-1942	94,334

Total Production: 731,527

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.S31 i5.1-22

12-14-1942

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Microfilm, document 351041

3-3-1938

1:2400

1:4634

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-22 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Thickness, depth, seam, mine type, shaft location.

Microfilm map, document 351041, reel 03134, frames 130-132, map of Radium Mine (mine index 0502) - Mine outline (northwestern).