Mine Index 2894 Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, Consolidated No. 10 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2894

Company Name:	Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
Mine Name:	Consolidated No. 10 Mine
Start Date:	1877	End Date:	September 1, 1909
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	755
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The boundary between this mine and Consolidated No. 9 (mine index 2895) could not be distinguished. The acreage reported is for both mines.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Macoupin

7N 6W

2

NE SE SE

Air shaft The air shaft for Consolidated No. 10 was the main shaft for Consolidated No. 9 (mine index 2895, closed in 1891), and was also used as an air shaft for Consolidated No. 8 (mine index 0761). This point is shown as a main shaft on the accompanying map.

Macoupin

7N 6W

2

SW SE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

420-431

8.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Keiser (add)	Keiser (add)	1877-1879	45,000 Production and ownership prior to 1878 are unknown. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 20 acres were mined. According to the History of Macoupin County, A. J. and C. J. Keiser, the owners of Mt. Olive Coal Company, sunk a shaft in 1877 that appears to correspond best to this mine.

Mt. Olive Coal Company (add)	Mt. Olive (add)	1881-1883	225,000

Ellsworth Coal and Mining Company (add)	Ellsworth No. 10 (add)	1883-1886	444,443

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Consolidated No. 10 (add)	1886-1909	4,114,761

Total Production: 4,829,204

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_1103_03

9-1-1909

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Macoupin County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

State archive, IL_1103_03 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

History of Macoupin County, 1911, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 727p - Ownership, years of operation.