Mine Index 0787 Victoria Coal Company, Suburban Mine

Mine Index Number: 0787

Company Name:	Victoria Coal Company
Mine Name:	Suburban Mine
Start Date:	1902	End Date:	1928
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	370
Acres after map date:	40	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

St. Clair

2N 9W

35

NW SE SE

Air shaft

St. Clair

2N 9W

35

NW SE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

160-180

7.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Suburban Coal Company (add)	Suburban (add)	1902-1903	19,707

Joseph Guest and Sons (add)	Suburban (add)	1903-1904	48,758

Suburban Coal and Mining Company (add)	Suburban (add)	1904-1919	2,007,317

Suburban and Superior Mining Company (add)	Suburban (add)	1922-1923	53,659 Production after map date

Victoria Coal Company (add)	Suburban (add)	1923-1928 Idle 1925	173,652 Production after map date

Total Production: 2,303,093

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 1-40-2

9-26-1922

1:2400

1:2909

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Company map, 1-40-2, print obtained from AMLRC archives (PB_439) - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

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