Mine Index 3571 Missouri and Illinois Coal Company, Wilderman Mine

Mine Index Number: 3571

Company Name:	Missouri and Illinois Coal Company
Mine Name:	Wilderman Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1874	End Date:	September 1923
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	350 This area is too large for the reported production. (The reported tonnage would account for approximately 240 acres.) A former unknown owner is very likely. A shaft was shown at this location in the 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County.
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 (7' x 14')

St. Clair

1S 8W

1

SW NW SE

Air shaft

St. Clair

1S 8W

1

SW NW SE

Shaft 1874 Atlas

St. Clair

1S 8W

1

NE NE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

100

6.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

T. and H. Mining Company (add)	T. and H. (add)	pre1874-1893 A mine was shown at this location in the 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County. The ownership and years of operation are unknown. The production from this location is probably higher than shown here.	337,552

Missouri and Illinois Coal Company (add)	Wilderman (add)	1893-1917 Idle 1913 to 1917	846,385

W. L. Scott Coal Company (add)	Wilderman (add)	1917-1923 Idle 1922	133,800

Missouri and Illinois Coal Company (add)	Wilderman (add)	1923-1923	66,251

Total Production: 1,383,988

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-59

6-1-1970

1:2400

1:2400

Secondary source

WPA, T1S-R7W and T1S-R8W

4-30-1925

1:12000

1:57143

Secondary source

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, seam, depth, thickness.

ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-59, map of Midwest Highwall No. 2 (mine index 4274) - Mine location, mine outline (western), mining method.

WPA map, T1S-R7W and T1S-R8W - Mine outline, shaft locations.

Microfilm map, document 351123, reel 03134, frame 257 (dated 10-31-1910) - Mining method.

Warner & Beers, publishers, 1874, Atlas of St. Clair County, reproduced by the Marrisa Historical and Genealogical Society, Marissa, Illinois - Years of operation.