Mine Index 2896 Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, Anchor Mine

Disclaimer INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
	Unlocated Mines In:	Macoupin unlocated
	County:	Macoupin
	Quadrangle:	Mount Olive
	County Coal Data:	Macoupin
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 2896


Company Name:	Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
Mine Name:	Anchor Mine
Start Date:	1882	End Date:	March 1888
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	24
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

Macoupin

7N 6W

15

NW SW SE

Air shaft

Macoupin

7N 6W

15

SW NW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

380-382

6.5-7.5

RPB

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Anchor Coal Company (add)	Anchor (add)	1882-1886	117,241

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Anchor (add)	1886-1888	27,333


Total Production: 144,574

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Old Ben Archive Collection

1886

1:2400

Not final

State archive, IL_727_03

2-19-1952 ^[1]

1:4800

Secondary source

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.

Old Ben Archive Collection, ISGS map library - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

State archive, IL_727_03, map of Staunton No. 7 Mine (mine index 0189) - Shaft locations.

Mine Notes

M2896 minenotes.pdf

Mine Images

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	Old Ben Archive
	Map ID:	Old Ben Archive
	Company:	Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
	Mine Name:	Anchor
	Caption:
	Map Date:	1886
	Map Status:	Not Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:
	More Info:	M2896
	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/macoupin/m2896.zip

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	State Archive
	Map ID:	IL_727_03
	Company:	Staunton Mine Seven, Inc.
	Mine Name:	Staunton No. 7
	Caption:
	Map Date:	2-19-1952
	Map Status:	Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:	Also used for the north and east outlines for Mine Index 0190 Also used for the north/west outline and shaft locations for Mine Index 2897 Also used for shaft locations for Mine Index 2896
	More Info:	M0189 IL 727 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/macoupin/m0189 IL 727 03.zip

Photographs

Notes

↑ The mine outline matches the outline on the Old Ben Archive Collection source map, which suggests that the outline may be final. In addition, the mined area shown on the accompanying map is the approximate size expected for the production reported. This suggests that the mine outline is complete.

[1] The mine outline matches the outline on the Old Ben Archive Collection source map, which suggests that the outline may be final. In addition, the mined area shown on the accompanying map is the approximate size expected for the production reported. This suggests that the mine outline is complete.

[1]