Mine Index 3378 Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, Yock Mine

Mine Index Number: 3378

Company Name:	Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
Mine Name:	Yock Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1882	End Date:	1888
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	99
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

St. Clair

1N 8W

18

SW SE NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

18

SW SE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

140-160

5.75-6.5

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Joseph Yock and Brother (add)	Yock (add)	pre1882-1884	35,000 Ownership & production prior to 1882 unknown. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 34 acres were mined.

Yock Brothers (add)	Yock (add)	1884-1885	108,000

Joseph Yock and Brothers (add)	Yock (add)	1885-1886	60,000

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Yock (add)	1886-1888	95,183

Total Production: 298,183

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 350962

3-1910

1:2400

1:5297

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Microfilm map, document 350962, reel 03134, frames 4 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Thickness, depth, seam, mine type, shaft locations.