Mine Index 2806   Moro Coal Company,   Moro Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Madison unlocated
County: Madison
Quadrangle: Bethalto
County Coal Data: Madison
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 2806

Company Name: Moro Coal Company
Mine Name: Moro Mine
Start Date: 1893 End Date: 1942
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: 24
Acres after map date: Less than 2 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main shaft Madison 6N 8W 31 NE SE SW
Air shaft Madison 6N 8W 31 NE SE SW

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Herrin 60-85 4.0-5.0 MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
H. Kabel Kabel 1893-1894 1,248
Charles Kabel Kabel 1894-1895 240
William Largent Largent 1895-1896 750
Charles Kabel Kabel 1896-1902 6,958
George Kabel Kabel 1902-1911 15,220
William Wilkenning and Stahl Wilkenning and Stahl 1924-1928 [1] 12,652
Fred Hausman Hausman 1929-1929 2,240
Moro Coal Company Moro 1930-1930 3,074
William H. Wilkenning Wilkenning 1931-1932 6,123
Moro Coal Company Moro 1933-1935 12,210
Moro Coal Company Moro No. 2 1935-1936 4,593
William H. Wilkenning Wilkenning 1937-1939 6,793
William H. Wilkenning Wilkenning 1939-1941 3,672 [2]
Moro Coal Company ,C. G. Anderson Moro 1941-1941 320 [3]
Moro Coal Company Moro 1942-1942 100 [4]
Total Production: 76,193

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Microfilm, document 352328 4-18-1939 1:1200 1:1200 Not final
ISGS field notes (H. E. Culver) 11-6-1922 (text only) 1:24000 [5] Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Madison County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.
Mine notes (Madison County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
Microfilm map, document 352328, reel 03138, frame 434 - Shaft locations, mine outline.
ISGS field notes - Mine location.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. Idle, or reported under another name 1911-1924
  2. Production after map date
  3. Production after map date
  4. Production after map date
  5. Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.