Mine Index 2757 Glen Carbon Mines, Inc., Glen Carbon No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2757

Company Name:	Glen Carbon Mines, Inc.
Mine Name:	Glen Carbon No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1932	End Date:	August 1958
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	181
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

Madison

3N 8W

17

NE NW NE

Air shaft

Madison

3N 8W

17

NE NW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

54-60

6.0-6.8

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

Advancement was halted in the northeasternmost portion of the mine due to water in the entries and roof problems ("caved" noted on the source map).

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Glen Carbon Coal Company, Inc. (add)	Glen Carbon (add)	1932-1943	432,900

Chapman Coal Company (add)	Chapman No. 1 (add)	1944-1951	388,499

Bluff Coal Company (add)	Bluff No. 1 (add)	1952-1955	27,714

Glen Carbon Mines, Inc. (add)	Glen Carbon No. 1 (add)	1956-1958	52,957

Total Production: 902,070

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352384

12-12-1955

1:2400

1:4303

Not final

Company map

8-20-1958

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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 352384, reel 03139, frame 21 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Company map, loan courtesy of Marissa Historical & Genealogical Society - Mine outline (northeastern), geologic problems.