Mine Index 2913 South Valley Coal Company, South Valley Mine

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 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.

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

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

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)

Wolf Fuelner (add)	Fuelner (add)	ca. 1874-1882	1,500 The mine was shown on the 1874 plat, but the precise opening year is unknown. Production and ownership before 1882 are unknown.

South Valley Coal Company (add)	South Valley (add)	1882-1883	2,800

J. C. Cabanis (add)	South Valley (add)	1883-1889	31,186

Cabanis and Axford (add)	South Valley (add)	1889-1891	9,269

J. A. Brahm (add)	South Valley (add)	1891-1895	40,769

South Valley Coal Company (add)	South Valley (add)	1895-1896	19,000

Total Production: 104,524

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

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.