Mine Index 0797 Silver Creek Coal and Mining Company, Darrow Mine

Mine Index Number: 0797

Company Name:	Silver Creek Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Darrow Mine
Start Date:	1889	End Date:	1907
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	161
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

2N 7W

28

NE NE SW

Air shaft

St. Clair

2N 7W

28

NE NE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

180-200

6.0-6.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Darrow (add)	Darrow (add)	1889-1890	6,020

Consumers Coal Company (add)	Darrow, Consumers No. 2 (add)	1890-1896	180,586

O'Fallon Coal and Mining Company (add)	Darrow (add)	1896-1905	455,089

Silver Creek Coal and Mining Company (add)	Darrow (add)	1905-1907	54,192

Total Production: 695,887

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

WPA, T2N-R7W

6-1-1905

1:12000

1:63360

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness, mining method.

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

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

WPA map, T2N-R7W - Shaft locations, mine outline.