Mine Index 3125 Southern Gem Coal Corporation, Southern Gem No. 7 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3125

Company Name:	Southern Gem Coal Corporation
Mine Name:	Southern Gem No. 7 Mine
Start Date:	1919	End Date:	1925
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	53
Acres after map date:	13	General Area of mining acres shown:
The southern part of the mine was later surface-mined by Burning Star No. 4 Mine (mine index 932).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (8 x 14 ft)

Perry

5S 4W

34

SE SE SW

Air shaft (8 x 12 ft) The location is designated "old shaft" on the source map.

Perry

5S 4W

34

SW SE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

73

6.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Allen Coal Company (add)	Allen (add)	1919-1920	10,266

Southern Gem Coal Corporation (add)	Southern Gem No. 7The mine was shown on a Coal Section field map as grasshopper Mine. (add)	1920-1923	269,872

Southern Gem Coal Corporation (add)	Southern Gem No. 7 (add)	1923-1925	66,510 Production after map date

Total Production: 346,648

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352085

8-1923

1:1200

1:2151

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

Microfilm map, document 352085, reel 03138, frames 65 and 66 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.