Mine Index 2907 Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, Hornsby Mine

Mine Index Number: 2907

Company Name:	Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
Mine Name:	Hornsby Mine
Start Date:	1881	End Date:	March 1906
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	340
Acres after map date:	20	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Macoupin

8N 6W

9

NE NE NW

Air shaft

Macoupin

8N 6W

9

NW NE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

388-396

6.0-7.5

RP

Geological Problems Reported

The Coal Reports indicated that the roof was very poor, and a great deal of timber was required.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Joseph Yoch and Brother The mine notes indicate Henry Voge sank this mine, and mining may have occurred prior to 1881. (add)	Yoch (add)	1881-1884	172,520

St. Barnard Coal Company (add)	St. Barnard (add)	1884-1886	128,331

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Clyde (add)	1886-1896	839,275

W. W. Williams (add)	Clyde (add)	1896-1897	112,220

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Hornsby (add)	1897-1903	349,336

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Hornsby (add)	1903-1906	87,496 Production after date of mine outline.

Total Production: 1,689,178

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

WPA, T8N-R6W

circa 1935 Survey extensions of mine outline dated 1903 (Not final)

1:12000

1:57556

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness, geologic problems, mining method.

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.

WPA map, T8N-R6W - Shaft locations, mine outline.