Mine Index 3604 New Devils Hole Coal Company, New Devils Hole Mine

Mine Index Number: 3604

Company Name:	New Devils Hole Coal Company
Mine Name:	New Devils Hole Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1874	End Date:	1940
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	84
Acres after map date:	3	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

St. Clair

2N 8W

16

SE SW SW

Air shaft

St. Clair

2N 8W

16

SE SW SW

New air shaft

St. Clair

2N 8W

16

SW SW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

120-141

5.5-6.3

RPB

Geological Problems Reported

Two areas of squeeze were noted on the source map in the southern part of the mine (SE NE NE 20-T2N-R8W and NW SW NW 21-T2N-R8W). The entries south of the shaft were labeled "caved" (NW NW NW 21-T2N-R8W).

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Quick Mining Company (add)	Union (add)	pre1874-1884	3,200 Shown on 1874 atlas near railroad siding; ownership, production, and years of operation before 1883 are not known.

Idle		1884-1918

Peoples Coal Company (add)	Peoples No. 1 (add)	1918-1926 Idle 1925	241,054

Mowe and Chapple (add)	Mowe and Chapple (add)	1926-1928	25,120

Caseyville Coal Company (add)	Caseyville (add)	1928-1932 Idle 1929-1932	4,692

Sargent Coal Company (add)	Sargent (add)	1932-1933	9,413

Devils Hole Coal Company (add)	Devils Hole (add)	1933-1934	6,421

Hippard Coal Company (add)	Hippard No. 2 (add)	1934-1937	30,901

White Ash Coal Company (add)	White Ash (add)	1937-1939	970

New Devils Hole Coal Company (add)	New Devils Hole (add)	1939-1939	2,183

New Devils Hole Coal Company (add)	New Devils Hole (add)	1939-1940	12,130 Production after map date

Total Production: 335,114

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351072

2-18-1939

1:1200

1:2317

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.

Microfilm map, document 351072, reel 03134, frames 174,175 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Shaft location, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

Company map, State Archive, IL_316 and PB_126 - Mine ownership (Quick Mining Company), years of operation.

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