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

Mine Index Number: 0797

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

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

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Main shaft	St. Clair	2N 7W	28	NE NE SW

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Air shaft	St. Clair	2N 7W	28	NE NE SW

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Herrin	180-200			6.0-6.5	RP

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Darrow (add)	Darrow (add)	1889-1890	6,020

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Consumers Coal Company (add)	Darrow, Consumers No. 2 (add)	1890-1896	180,586

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
O'Fallon Coal and Mining Company (add)	Darrow (add)	1896-1905	455,089

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Silver Creek Coal and Mining Company (add)	Darrow (add)	1905-1907	54,192

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Total Production: 695,887

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type

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)

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

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

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

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