Mine Index 3605 New St. Clair Coal Company, New St. Clair Mine

Mine Index Number: 3605

Company Name:	New St. Clair Coal Company
Mine Name:	New St. Clair Mine
Start Date:	1928	End Date:	1939
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	36
Acres after map date:		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

17

NW SE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

95

5.75

RPB

Geological Problems Reported

"Squeeze" is noted on the source map in the northern and western parts of the mine. The "very old works" are also designated as filled with water in the southwestern part of the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

New St. Clair Coal Company (add)	New St. Clair (add)	1928-1939	146,828 The source map for this mine shows an area labeled "very old works", indicating that mining took place at this location prior to 1928. The extent of these old works is unknown. Text was added to the accompanying map to show the location of the old works.

Total Production: 146,828

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351019

7-1939

1:1200

1:2317

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 351019, reel 03134, frame 96 - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Thickness, depth, seam, mine type, shaft location.