Mine Index 3563 Lou-Nash Coal Company, Lou-Nash Mine

Mine Index Number: 3563

Company Name:	Lou-Nash Coal Company
Mine Name:	Lou-Nash Mine
Start Date:	1892	End Date:	May 1925
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	162
Acres after map date:	5	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (7'x14')

St. Clair

1S 7W

18

SW NW NW

Air shaft

St. Clair

1S 7W

18

SW NW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

100-130

5.5-6.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

St. Clair Coal Company (add)	St. Clair (add)	1892-1893	26,791

Missouri and Illinois Coal Company (add)	St. Clair, Freeburg (add)	1893-1912	715,569

St. Clair Coal Company (add)	St. Clair (add)	1912-1913	19,323

Missouri and Illinois Coal Company (add)	St. Clair (add)	1913-1916 Idle 1915-1916	11,465

Jack Run Coal Company (add)	St. Clair (add)	1916-1920	170,307

General Coal and Mining Company (add)	St. Clair (add)	1920-1922	75,819

Free Bell Coal Company (add)	Free Bell (add)	1922-1923	13,214

Free Bell Coal Company (add)	Free Bell (add)	1923-1924	24,910 Production after map date

Lou-Nash Coal Company (add)	Lou-Nash (add)	1924-1925	4,021 Production after map date

Total Production: 1,061,419

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, PB_408

4-4-1923

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Microfilm, document 350987

1910

1:1200

1:2648

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, 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 and size, seam, depth, thickness.

State archive, PB_408 - Shaft locations, mine outline.

Microfilm map, document 350987, reel 03134, frame 54 - Mining method.