Mine Index 2915 Carlinville Coal Mining Company, South Mine

Mine Index Number: 2915

Company Name:	Carlinville Coal Mining Company
Mine Name:	South Mine
Start Date:	1918	End Date:	March 1953
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	187
Acres after map date:	2	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (7.5 x 15.67 ft)

Macoupin

10N 7W

33

SE NW SW

Air shaft (3 x 7.5 ft)

Macoupin

10N 7W

33

SE NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

250-265

5.42-6.0

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

Concretions were present in the black shale roof. In other areas, a light gray shale called clod made up the roof. When exposed to stagnant air, the clod swelled up and broke away from the limestone caprock. In this process, heat was generated, and fire in the old works sometimes resulted. In one case, it fired a high rider coal some 20 feet above the top of the Herrin Coal. The clod had a large number of slips, which contributed to instability, with large chunks falling and leaving holes in the roof.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Carlinville Mining Company (add)	Carlinville (add)	1918-1920	15,546

Bartels Coal Company, Inc. (add)	Bartels (add)	1920-1924	119,756

South Mine Company (add)	South (add)	1924-1937	142,138

Smith Mine Coal Company (add)	South (add)	1937-1949	508,103

Carlinville Coal Mining Company (add)	South (add)	1949-1951	30,895

Carlinville Coal Mining Company (add)	South (add)	1952-1953	9,724 Production after map date

Total Production: 826,162

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.M34 i5.1-50

1-2-1952

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.M34 i5.1-50 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.