Mine Index 2806 Moro Coal Company, Moro Mine

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

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

H. Kabel (add)	Kabel (add)	1893-1894	1,248

Charles Kabel (add)	Kabel (add)	1894-1895	240

William Largent (add)	Largent (add)	1895-1896	750

Charles Kabel (add)	Kabel (add)	1896-1902	6,958

George Kabel (add)	Kabel (add)	1902-1911	15,220

William Wilkenning and Stahl (add)	Wilkenning and Stahl (add)	1924-1928 Idle, or reported under another name 1911-1924	12,652

Fred Hausman (add)	Hausman (add)	1929-1929	2,240

Moro Coal Company (add)	Moro (add)	1930-1930	3,074

William H. Wilkenning (add)	Wilkenning (add)	1931-1932	6,123

Moro Coal Company (add)	Moro (add)	1933-1935	12,210

Moro Coal Company (add)	Moro No. 2 (add)	1935-1936	4,593

William H. Wilkenning (add)	Wilkenning (add)	1937-1939	6,793

William H. Wilkenning (add)	Wilkenning (add)	1939-1941	3,672 Production after map date

Moro Coal Company ,C. G. Anderson (add)	Moro (add)	1941-1941	320 Production after map date

Moro Coal Company (add)	Moro (add)	1942-1942	100 Production after map date

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 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.

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.