Mine Index 3595 Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, Morris Mine

Mine Index Number: 3595

Company Name:	Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
Mine Name:	Morris Mine
Start Date:	1874	End Date:	1887
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	12
Acres after map date:	2	General Area of mining acres shown:	29
A general area of mining has been added east of the mine, where the shafts were shown on the 1874 and 1876 atlas maps.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

St. Clair

2N 7W

27

NW NE NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

2N 7W

22

SW SE SE

Old air shaft

St. Clair

2N 7W

27

SW NE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

150-185

4.5-5.25

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Joseph Morris (add)	Nichols (add)	pre1874-1884	37,730 Ownership and production prior to 1882 unknown. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 16 acres mined. The 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County shows William Nichols & Company mine at this location.

Stewart and Jacks (add)	Morris (add)	1884-1885	10,000

Joseph Morris (add)	Morris (add)	1885-1886	18,000

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Morris (add)	1886-1887	9,100

Total Production: 74,830

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351012

6-1-1886

1:960

1:1589

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

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

Microfilm map, document 351012, reel 03134, frame 86 - Mine outline, shaft locations, mining method.

Atlas of the State of Illinois, 1876, Union Atlas Company, Chicago, Illinois - Years of operation.

Atlas of St. Clair County, 1874, Warner and Beers, Chicago, Illinois - Years of operation.