Mine Index Number: 2913
| Company Name:
|
South Valley Coal Company
|
| Mine Name:
|
South Valley Mine
|
| Start Date:
|
Circa 1874
|
End Date:
|
1896
|
| Type of Mine:
|
Underground
|
| Total acres shown:
|
51
|
| 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
|
Menard
|
18N 7W
|
24
|
NW NW NW
|
| Hoist shaft
|
Menard
|
18N 7W
|
24
|
SW NW NW [1]
|
| Air shaft
|
Menard
|
18N 7W
|
24
|
NW NW NW
|
| Air shaft
|
Menard
|
18N 7W
|
23
|
NE NE NE
|
| Air shaft
|
Menard
|
18N 7W
|
23
|
NE NE NE
|
Geology
| Springfield
|
88
|
5.5
|
7.0
|
6.0
|
MRP
|
Geological Problems Reported
There were water problems, which caused the mine to close. A slope was dug and a new mine was later opened as South Mountain Mine (mine index 0772). This later mine is believed to have been opened just south of the original opening for South Valley Mine.
Production
| Company
|
Mine Name
|
Date
|
Production (tons)
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total Production: 104,524
|
Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352233
|
7-1896
|
1:2400
|
1:4634
|
Final
|
Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
|
| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Menard County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
|
| Mine notes (Menard County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
|
| Microfilm, document 352233, reel 03138, frames 296 & 297 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
|
Mine Notes
Mine Images
Microfilm: 352233
Map Date: 7-1896
Coal Co.: South Valley Coal Company
Mine Name: South Valley Mine
Full Res Download
Plat map:
Map Date: 1874
Coal Co.: Petersburg Coal Company
Mine Name: Petersburg No. 1 Mine
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ This hoist shaft is shown on the source map in an unmined area and may be the shaft for a different mine. See the unlocated mines at the back of this report.
- ↑ The mine was shown on the 1874 plat, but the precise opening year is unknown. Production and ownership before 1882 are unknown.
