Mine Index 3504 New Royal Coal Company, New Royal Mine

Mine Index Number: 3504

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

Company Name:	New Royal Coal Company
Mine Name:	New Royal Mine
Start Date:	1900	End Date:	1943
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	350
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Main shaft	St. Clair	1N 8W	8	SE SE NE

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Air shaft	St. Clair	1N 8W	8	SE SE NE

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Herrin	198			7.0	MRP

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Beck-Walker Coal Company (add)	Royal (add)	1900-1902	129,107

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Royal Coal Company (add)	Royal (add)	1902-1915	1,403,513

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Columbia Collieries Company (add)	Royal (add)	1915-1923	735,657

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
G and E Coal Company (add)	G and E (add)	1935-1939	90,151

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
New Royal Coal Company (add)	New Royal (add)	1939-1943	64,315

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Total Production: 2,422,743

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
Company, 4103.S31 i5.1-13	8-27-1943	1:2400	1:2400	Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Bibliography
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Bibliography
Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

Bibliography
Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-13 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Mine Notes

• 
  M3504 coalreport1900 p188.pdf
• 
  M3504 coalreport1901 p239.pdf
• 
  M3504 minenotes.pdf

Mine Images

Mine Map: 4103.S31 i5.1-13

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	Company map
	Map ID:	4103.S31 i5.1-13
	Company:	G. and E. Coal Company
	Mine Name:	New Royal
	Caption:
	Map Date:	8-27-1943
	Map Status:	Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:
	More Info:	M3504 lib geo
	Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!	https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/st clair/m3504 lib geo.zip