Mine Index 3510 Tower Grove Coal Company, Tower Grove Mine

Mine Index Number: 3510

Company Name:	Tower Grove Coal Company
Mine Name:	Tower Grove Mine
Start Date:	1902	End Date:	1946
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	84
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

St. Clair

1N 8W

15

SE NW SE

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

15

NE SW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

150

6.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Tower Grove Coal Company (add)	Tower Grove (add)	1902-1946	654,749
Total Production: 654,749

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351052

1-27-1947

1:2400

1:3807

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.

Microfilm map, document 351052, reel 03134, frame 149 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.