Mine Index 3486 Schubert Coal Company, Schubert No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3486

Company Name:	Schubert Coal Company
Mine Name:	Schubert No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1882	End Date:	April 1956
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	155
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 (5'x10')

St. Clair

1N 6W

32

650 FNL, 260 FWL

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 6W

32

NW NW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

157-165

6.5

7.5

7.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Very few problems were experienced here, with limestone roof over much of the mine. Clod was present, which tended to come down with the coal.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Mascoutah Coal Company (add)	Mascoutah (add)	pre1882-1884	17,635 Production and ownership prior to 1882 unknown. ISGS mine notes indicate the mine may have been active in the early 1870s. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 5 acres mined.

James Beatty (add)	Beatty (add)	1884-1905	74,363

John Beatty Coal Company (add)	Beatty (add)	1905-1927	83,268 Production not reported in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons. Idle 1922 to 1927.

Schubert Coal Company (add)	Schubert No. 1 (add)	1927-1956 Abandoned mine re-opened	688,862

Total Production: 864,128

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351162

7-23-1956

1:960

1:1589

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.

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, abandonment date.

Microfilm map, document 351162, reel 03134, frames 302-304 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.