Mine Index 3561 High Grade Coal Company, High Grade Mine

Mine Index Number: 3561

Company Name:	High Grade Coal Company
Mine Name:	High Grade Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	1941
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	3
Acres after map date:	4	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

St. Clair

1S 7W

6

NW SW NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

1S 7W

6

NW SW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

152

5.0

7.0

6.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Turkey Hill Coal Company (add)	Turkey Hill (add)	1936-1938	8,144

Turkey Hill Coal Company (add)	Turkey Hill (add)	1938-1941	22,005 Production after map date

High Grade Coal Company (add)	High Grade (add)	1941-1941	463 Production after map date

Total Production: 30,612

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351047

2-1938

1:1200

1:1490

Not 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, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351047, reel 03134, frame 142 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.