Mine Index 3551 Southern Coal, Coke and Mining Company, Southern Mine No. 1

Mine Index Number: 3551

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

Company Name:	Southern Coal, Coke and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Southern Mine No. 1
Start Date:	1889	End Date:	March 1936
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	346
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 Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Main shaft	St. Clair	1N 9W	12	SE NW NE

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Air shaft	St. Clair	1N 9W	12	SE NW NE

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Herrin	160-200	6.42	8.0	7.0	MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof consisted of 1 to 8 inches of clod that comes down with the coal or up to 4 feet of black shale, which was full of slips and "practically impossible to hold". The black shale was not a serious mining problem, because the condition was understood and they did not try to hold it up.

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Avery and Randle (add)	Avery and Randle (add)	1889-1892	57,366

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Walnut Hill Coal Company (add)	Avery (add)	1892-1905	827,452

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Southern Coal and Mining Company (add)	Avery, Southern No. 1 (add)	1905-1916	331,625

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Southern Coal, Coke and Mining Company (add)	Southern No. 1 (add)	1916-1936	1,249,000

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Total Production: 2,465,443

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
Microfilm, document 350963	4-2-1936	1:2400	1:5462	Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Bibliography
Microfilm map, document 350963, reel 03134, frame 7 - Shaft locations, mine outline, method.

Bibliography
Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Thickness, depth, seam, mine type, shaft location, geologic problems.

Mine Notes

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  M3551 fieldnotes.pdf
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  M3551 minenotes article.pdf
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  M3551 minenotes.pdf