Mine Index 3538 Donk Brothers Coal Company, Donk No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3538

Company Name:	Donk Brothers Coal Company
Mine Name:	Donk No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1882	End Date:	1904
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	103
Acres after map date:	50	General Area of mining acres shown:
The mine was interconnected underground in three places in the northern half of the west side to National Mine (mine index 4336).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

St. Clair

1N 8W

33

NW NE NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

33

NW NE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

56-100

6.0-8.0

MRP,HERsee Geologic Problems (below)

Geological Problems Reported

The Coal Report of 1884 indicates the roof was difficult to hold up (page 576). The Coal Report of 1902 stated that “the pillars had been robbed to such an extent that a general squeeze was induced, resulting in a cave-in under a small creek”, allowing a large quantity of water into the mine. The mine was abandoned two years later, when the remaining coal was in an area of thinning bedrock and the unconsolidated sediments rested directly on the coal.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

John Maule (add)	Maule (add)	1882-1883	9,650 Production prior to 1882 unknown. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 16 acres mined.

John Maule (add)	Main Guy (add)	1883-1890	188,104

John Maule (add)	Main (add)	1890-1892	61,917

John Maule (add)	Main (add)	1892-1895	225,083 Production after map date

John Maule (add)	Maule No. 1 (add)	1895-1896	37,836 Production after map date

Donk Brothers (add)	Donk No. 1 (add)	1896-1904	390,250 Production after map date

Total Production: 912,840

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 350983

1-25-1892

1:960

1:1721

Not final

State archive, PB_168

Undated

Unknown

1:24000

Undated

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

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

Microfilm map, document 350983, reel 03134, frame 49 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

State archive, PB_168, compilation of mines in this area - Mine outline (southern).