Mine Index 2897 Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, Staunton No. 5 Mine

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

Mine Index Number: 2897

The area is too large for the production shown. However, 20 acres may have been mined prior to recorded production.
Company Name:	Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
Mine Name:	Staunton No. 5 Mine
Start Date:	1871	End Date:	1888
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	190
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

29

SE SW SE

Air shaft

Macoupin

7N 6W

29

NW SE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

325

6.5-7.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The 1884 Coal Report stated that the shaft was made too small and only 20 bushels at a time could be hoisted out (this was one of the first mines in the Staunton area). They were troubled by gob fires, which the Coal Report linked to bad mining system and bad ventilating by the company that opened the mine; gas issued from the old works.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Panhorst and Voge (add)	Staunton (add)	1871-1878 ^[1]	unknown

Fuller, Young and Company (add)	Fuller and Young (add)	1878-1879	48,210 ^[2]

C. Ridgely, F. W. Sutton and A. G. Daniels (add)	No. 5 (add)	1881-1882	175,000

Ellsworth Coal Company (add)	Ellsworth No. 5 (add)	1882-1886	640,916

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Staunton No. 5 (add)	1886-1888	112,615


Total Production: 976,741

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

State archive, IL_1127_03

10-8-1909

1:2400

Secondary source

State archive, IL_1122_01

6-30-1950

1:32523

Secondary source

State archive, IL_727_03

2-19-1952

1:4800

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

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

Mine notes (Macoupin County) - Shaft location, seam.

State archive, IL_1127_03, map of Consolidated No. 6 (mine index 0762) - Mine outline (east side of mine).

State archive, IL_1122_01, map of Consolidated No. 14 Mine (mine index 0190) - Mine outline (south side of mine).

State archive, IL_727_03, map of Staunton No. 7 Mine (mine index 0189) - Shaft locations, mine outline (north and west sides of mine), mining method.

Atlas of Macoupin County and the State of Illinois, 1875, Chicago: Warner and Beers, 89p. - Ownership.

Kilduff, Mary Dorrell, 1988, Staunton in Illinois, 273 p. - Ownership.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	State Archive
	Map ID:	IL_1127_03
	Company:	Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
	Mine Name:	Consolidated No. 6
	Caption:
	Map Date:	10-08-1909
	Map Status:	Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:	Also used for the east outline of Mine Index 2897
	More Info:	M0762 IL 1127 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/m0762 IL 1127 03.zip

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	State Archive
	Map ID:	IL_1122_01
	Company:	Macoupin County, Surface & Coal Rights
	Mine Name:
	Caption:
	Map Date:	6-30-1950
	Map Status:	Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:	Map Used for mine outline on the west and south sides of the Mine Index 0190. Also used for the south outline for Mine Index 2897 Also used for the location of the "Gin Shaft" Mine Index 7841
	More Info:	M0190 IL 1122 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/macoupin/m0190 IL 1122 01.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

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	1875 Atlas of Macoupin County
	Map ID:	1875 Atlas of Macoupin County
	Company:
	Mine Name:
	Caption:
	Map Date:	1875
	Map Status:	Secondary
	Image Credit:
	Note:
	More Info:	M2897 atlas 1871
	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!

Photographs

Notes

↑ This shaft was shown on the Atlas of Macoupin County, 1875 and labeled Panhorst and Voge. According to Staunton in Illinois and the Staunton Times (February 26, 1897), the shaft was sunk in February of 1871, and was later used as an air shaft, after Henry Voge sank another shaft. Ownership from 1875 to 1878 is uncertain.
↑ Production prior to July 1878 unknown

[1] This shaft was shown on the Atlas of Macoupin County, 1875 and labeled Panhorst and Voge. According to Staunton in Illinois and the Staunton Times (February 26, 1897), the shaft was sunk in February of 1871, and was later used as an air shaft, after Henry Voge sank another shaft. Ownership from 1875 to 1878 is uncertain.

[2] Production prior to July 1878 unknown

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