Mine Index 3504 New Royal Coal Company, New Royal Mine

Mine Index Number: 3504

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

Main shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

8

SE SE NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

8

SE SE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

198

7.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Beck-Walker Coal Company (add)	Royal (add)	1900-1902	129,107

Royal Coal Company (add)	Royal (add)	1902-1915 Idle 1913 to 1915	1,403,513

Columbia Collieries Company (add)	Royal (add)	1915-1923	735,657

G and E Coal Company (add)	G and E (add)	1935-1939 Idle 1923 to 1935	90,151

New Royal Coal Company (add)	New Royal (add)	1939-1943	64,315

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

Company, 4103.S31 i5.1-13

8-27-1943

1:2400

1:2400

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, seam, depth, thickness.

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