Mine Index 3539 South Side Coal Company, South Side Mine

Mine Index Number: 3539

Company Name:	South Side Coal Company
Mine Name:	South Side Mine
Start Date:	1912	End Date:	March 1953
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	266
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

33

NW NE NW

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

33

NW NE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

40-75

5.6-7

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

New National Coal and Mining Company (add)	New National (add)	1912-1953	1,808,251

South Side Coal Company (add)	South Side (add)	1953-1953	468

Total Production: 1,808,719

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351176

3-12-1953

1:1200

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, thickness.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 351176, reel 03134, frames 324-326 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.