Mine Index 3131 Illinois Central Coal and Salt Company, St. John Mine

Mine Index Number: 3131

Company Name:	Illinois Central Coal and Salt Company
Mine Name:	St. John Mine
Start Date:	1867	End Date:	1899
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	602 The mine is larger than expected for the reported production plus the area mined before production was reported. The area shown on the accompanying map may be a general area of mining that is 200 acres larger than expected. It is likely that the outline contains other old mines that operated before 1880, and some of the air shafts may be hoist shafts for those old mines that were converted to air and escape shafts when the workings were connected underground.
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

Perry

6S 1W

4

SW NE SW

Air shaft

Perry

6S 1W

4

NE SE SW

Air shaft

Perry

6S 1W

4

SE SE NW

Shaft

Perry

6S 1W

4

SE SE SW

Shaft

Perry

6S 1W

9

SW NW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

44

6.0-9.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Halliday and Company (add)	Old Paradise (add)	1867-1875	Unknown

Illinois Central Coal and Salt Works (add)	Old Paradise (add)	1875-1880	Unknown

Halliday and Company (add)	Paradise No. 2 (add)	1880-1883	202,543 Production before 1882 is not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicates 60 acres were mined.

Illinois Central Iron and Coal Company (add)	St. John (add)	1883-1886	295,037

Illinois Central Coal and Salt Company (add)	St. John (add)	1886-1899	1,124,798

Total Production: 1,622,378

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-70

10-1934

1:63360

1:63360

Secondary source

ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-16

7-2-1936

1:2400

1:2400

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, thickness, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth.

ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-70, work map for Federal Land Bank Report - Shaft locations (southernmost two), mine outline.

ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-16, map of Gayle Mine (mine index 633) - Mine outline, shaft locations.