Mine Index 3570 New Freeburg Coal Company, New Freeburg Mine

Mine Index Number: 3570

Company Name:	New Freeburg Coal Company
Mine Name:	New Freeburg Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1874	End Date:	March 1925
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	107
Acres after map date:	12	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (5.5' x 12')

St. Clair

1S 7W

30

SW SE NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

1S 7W

30

SW SE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

122

6.0-7.0

MRP RPB in southwestern part of mine

Geological Problems Reported

Several small faults were encountered in the mine, with offsets of 0.5 to 2 feet. The roof shale contained concretions. The largest of these concretions was 10 inches by 3 inches by 2 inches.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Freeburg Coal Company (add)	Freeburg (add)	pre1874-1886	47,550 Production and ownership prior to 1882 are unknown. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 17 acres mined. The mine was included in the 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County. Idle 1886.

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Freeburg (add)	1886-1887	9,596

Freeburg Coal Company (add)	Freeburg (add)	1887-1891	43,800

Charles Becker (add)	Freeburg (add)	1891-1896	77,680

Freeburg Mining Company (add)	Freeburg (add)	1896-1901	109,079

Sunlight Coal Company (add)	Becker, Sunlight No. 1 (add)	1901-1905	148,483

Johnson Coal Company (add)	Sunlight (add)	1905-1909	130,922

Sunlight Coal Company (add)	Freeburg (add)	1909-1913 Idle 1913	58,378

Victoria Coal Company (add)	New Freeburg (add)	1913-1915	44,372

New Freeburg Coal Company (add)	Famous (add)	1915-1917	41,434

Columbia Colliery Company (add)	New Freeburg,Famous (add)	1917-1920	82,789

Columbia Colliery Company (add)	New Freeburg,Famous (add)	1920-1924 Idle 1924	61,011 Production after map date

New Freeburg Coal Company (add)	New Freeburg (add)	1924-1925	14,583 Production after map date

Total Production: 869,677

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_178

6-26-1920

1:1200

1:1986

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, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

State archive, IL_178 - Shaft locations, outline, mining method.

1874 Atlas of St. Clair County - Years of operation.