Mine Index Number: 3615
| Company Name:
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Superior Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Valley Mine
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| Start Date:
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1901
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End Date:
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January 1921
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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104
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Valley Mine was connected underground to Superior Mine (mine index 0078) for haulage, Pollock Mine (mine index 3498) for ventilation, as well as to Victor Mine (mine index 4331).
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Main shaft
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St. Clair
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2N 9W
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36
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SE SE SE
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| Air shaft
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St. Clair
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2N 9W
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36
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SE SE SE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 729,912
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| State archive, IL_221
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2-2-1930
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| State archive, IL_221 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Depth, seam, mine type, shaft location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Company Map: IL_221
Map Date: 2-2-1930
Coal Co.: Superior Mining Company
Mine Name: Valley Mine
Image Credit: Illinois Department of Natural Resources - Office of Mines and Minerals
Full Res Download
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Idle 1909, 1914, 1915.
- ↑ The 1930 map's title block lists the operator as West Virginia Coal Company of Missouri. Production was not listed in the Coal Reports under that name.
