Mine Index 3509 Northside Coal Company, Muren Mine

Mine Index Number: 3509

Company Name:	Northside Coal Company
Mine Name:	Muren Mine
Start Date:	1897	End Date:	March 1946
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	421
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 (7 x 14 ft)

St. Clair

1N 8W

14

NW NE SW

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

14

NE NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

141-150

6.5-7.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Muren Coal and Ice Company (add)	Muren No. 1 (add)	1897-1905	960,282

Southern Coal and Mining Company (add)	Southern No. 6 (add)	1905-1917 Idle 1908, 1909, 1913-1917	296,477

Southern Coal, Coke and Mining Company (add)	Southern No. 6 (add)	1917-1939	1,277,052

Northside Coal Company (add)	Muren (add)	1939-1946	225,079

Total Production: 2,758,890

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351105

3-1948

1:2400

1:4800

Final

Microfilm, document 351052

1-27-1947

1:2400

1:3807

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, shaft size.

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

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Shaft location, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351105, reel 03134, frame 221 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Microfilm map, document 351052, reel 03134, frame 149, map of Tower Grove Mine (mine index 3510) - Mine outline (western).