Mine Index 3504   New Royal Coal Company,   New Royal Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: St. Clair unlocated
County: St. Clair
Quadrangle: French Village
O'Fallon
County Coal Data: St. Clair
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

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

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Beck-Walker Coal Company Royal 1900-1902 129,107
Royal Coal Company Royal 1902-1915 [1] 1,403,513
Columbia Collieries Company Royal 1915-1923 735,657
G and E Coal Company G and E 1935-1939 [2] 90,151
New Royal Coal Company New Royal 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.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

[[:New Royal|New Royal]]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

Photographs

Notes

  1. Idle 1913 to 1915
  2. Idle 1923 to 1935