Mine Index 2932 Union Fuel Company, Union Fuel No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2932

Company Name:	Union Fuel Company
Mine Name:	Union Fuel No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1878	End Date:	January 1921
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	202
Production Indicated Acres:	230	General Area of mining acres shown:	344
The area shown by the source map is smaller than expected for the reported production. A general area of mining has been added to indicate the approximate dimensions of the mined area, as well as the area that a 1934 map indicated the presence of subsidence pits caused by under-mining.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Macoupin

11N 6W

18

SE NW SW

Air shaft

Macoupin

11N 6W

18

SE NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

325-340

6.0-7.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Henry Cooper and Sons (add)	Cooper (add)	1878-1881	600 Production from July 1879 to June 1881 unknown

Dennis Noonan (add)	Noonan (add)	1881-1888	227,310

H. Cooper and Son (add)	Cooper (add)	1888-1889	26,398

Carbon Coal Company (add)	Carbon (add)	1889-1893	190,655

Nilwood Carbon Coal Company (add)	Nilwood Carbon (add)	1893-1902	292,137

Weaver Coal and Coke Company (add)	Weaver (add)	1902-1903	42,420

Manufacturer’s Fuel Company (add)	Manufacturer’s Fuel (add)	1903-1906 Idle 1905, 1906	63,463

Prairie State Coal and Coke Company (add)	Prairie State No. 1 (add)	1906-1909 Idle 1909	126,542

Nilwood Coal Company (add)	Nilwood (add)	1909-1910	1,500

Illinois Central Fuel Company (add)	Illinois Central Fuel No. 1 (add)	1910-1911	77,877

Illinois Central Fuel Company (add)	Illinois Central Fuel No. 1 (add)	1911-1917 Idle 1913-1917	30,850 Production after map date

Nilwood Coal Company (add)	Nilwood No. 1 (add)	1917-1919	49,000 Production after map date

Union Fuel Company (add)	Union Fuel No. 1 (add)	1919-1921	76,184 Production after map date

Total Production: 1,204,936

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, PB_1029_01

2-17-1921

Unknown

1:24000

Not final

State archive, PB_1096_01

9-12-1924

1:6000

1:6000

Final

Federal Land Bank Report

4-1934

1:189096

1:189096

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

State archive, PB_1029_01 - Mine outline, mining method.

State archive, PB_1096_01 - Shaft locations, mine outline (northwest part of mine).

Federal Land Bank Report (Macoupin County) - General area of mining (subsidence pits).