Mine Index 2796 Mt. Olive and Staunton Coal Company, Mt. Olive and Staunton No. 1 Mine

Disclaimer INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
	Unlocated Mines In:	Macoupin unlocated, Madison unlocated
	County:	Madison Macoupin
	Quadrangle:	Worden Gillespie South
	County Coal Data:	Madison Macoupin
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 2796


Company Name:	Mt. Olive and Staunton Coal Company
Mine Name:	Mt. Olive and Staunton No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1897	End Date:	1923
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,036
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 (8'x16')

Madison

6N 6W

8

NE NE NW

Air shaft

Madison

6N 6W

8

NE NE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

292

4.0

7.0

5.2-6.1

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Displacements (slips and faults) were very slight, and the coal was never cut out.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Henry Voge (add)	Voge (add)	1897-1897	7,583

Mt. Olive and Staunton Coal Company (add)	Mt. Olive and Staunton (add)	1897-1899	306,081

Staunton Coal Company (add)	Staunton No. 1 (add)	1899-1904	1,591,510

Mt. Olive and Staunton Coal Company (add)	Mt. Olive and Staunton No. 1 (add)	1904-1923 ^[1]	4,156,921


Total Production: 6,062,095

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

State archive, IL_1665_01

4-1-1923

1:2400

Not final

State archive, IL_94_01

10-1912

1:2400

Not final

State archive, IL_1731_03

11-13-1905

1:2400

Not final

State archive, IL_2646

Undated

1:2400

1:24000

Undated

State archive, IL_44

3-13-1928

1:2400

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Madison County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, thickness, geologic problems.

State archive, IL_1665_01 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

State archive, IL_94_01 - Mine outline (additional mining on north side of mine).

State archive, IL_1731_03 - Mine outline (additional mining on west side of mine).

State archive, IL_2646, map of Mt. Olive and Staunton No. 2 Mine (mine index 73) - Mine outline (additional mining on east and northeast sides of mine).

State archive, IL_44, map of Livingston and Mt. Olive No. 1 Mine (mine index 72) - Mine outline (additional mining on south side of mine).

Mine Notes

Mine Images

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	State Archive
	Map ID:	IL_94_01
	Company:	Mt. Olive and Staunton Coal Company
	Mine Name:	Mt. Olive and Staunton No. 1
	Caption:
	Map Date:	10-1912
	Map Status:	Not Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:	Additional mining on the north side of the mine.
	More Info:	M2796 IL 94 01
	Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!	https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/madison/m2796 IL 94 01.zip

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	State Archive
	Map ID:	IL_1731_03
	Company:	Mt. Olive and Staunton Coal Company
	Mine Name:	Mt. Olive and Staunton No. 1
	Caption:
	Map Date:	11-13-1905
	Map Status:	Not Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:	Additional mining on the east side of the mine.
	More Info:	M2796 IL 1731 03
	Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!	https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/madison/m2796 IL 1731 03.zip

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	State Archive
	Map ID:	IL_1665_01
	Company:	Mt. Olive and Staunton Coal Company
	Mine Name:	Mt. Olive and Staunton No. 1
	Caption:
	Map Date:	04-01-1923
	Map Status:	Not Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:
	More Info:	M2796 IL 1665 01
	Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!	https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/madison/m2796 IL 1665 01.zip

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	State Archive
	Map ID:	IL_2646
	Company:	Mt. Olive and Staunton Coal Company
	Mine Name:	Mt. Olive and Staunton No. 2
	Caption:
	Map Date:	Undated
	Map Status:	Undated
	Image Credit:
	Note:	Map used for outline on west side of Mine Index 0073. Map also show additional mining for Mine Index 2796 (east & northeast sides).
	More Info:	M0073 IL 2646
	Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!	https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/madison/m0073 IL 2646.zip

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	State Archive
	Map ID:	IL_44
	Company:	New Staunton Coal Company
	Mine Name:	New Staunton No. 1
	Caption:
	Map Date:	03-13-1928
	Map Status:	Not Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:	Map used for most of central and west outline for Mine Index 0072 Map also used for a portion of the southern outline of Mine Index 2796.
	More Info:	M0072 IL 44
	Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!	https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/madison/m0072 IL 44.zip

Photographs

Notes

↑ Idle 1915-1916, 1922

[1] Idle 1915-1916, 1922

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