Mine Index 3617 New Athens Coal Company, New Athens Mine

Mine Index Number: 3617

Company Name:	New Athens Coal Company
Mine Name:	New Athens Mine
Start Date:	1906	End Date:	April 14, 1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	40
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Truncated area shown, post surface mining by Peabody Coal Company, River King Surface, Pit No. 3 (mine index 0857).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

St. Clair

2S 7W

26

SE NW SW

Air shaft

St. Clair

2S 7W

26

SE NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

80-85

6.5

7.0

6.75

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Cooperative Coal Company (add)	Cooperative (add)	1906-1915	67,269

William C. Fullmer (add)	Fullmer (add)	1915-1920	40,745

Pep Coal Company (add)	Pep No. 1 (add)	1921-1930	87,846

Dorries-Voland (add)	Dorries-Voland (add)	1933-1934 Abandoned mine re-opened	1,785

New Athens Coal Company (add)	New Athens (add)	1934-1942	32,942

Total Production: 230,587

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.S31 i5.1-14

4-14-1942

1:1200

1:1200

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.

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

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-14 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.