Mine Index 3622 Jones Brothers Coal and Mining Company, Eureka No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3622

Company Name:	Jones Brothers Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Eureka No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1898	End Date:	February 1934
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	242
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Production indicates that approximately 274 acres were mined. The boundary between the Gill Mine (mine index 0080) and the Eureka Mine is not clear. It is likely that area depicted on the accompanying map as Gill Mine contains areas mined by Eureka No. 1 Mine.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (6 x 6.5 feet)

St. Clair

3S 6W

27

NE NW SE

Air shaft

St. Clair

3S 6W

27

NE NW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

114

6.5

RP

Geological Problems Reported

The immediate roof was 0 to 4 feet of shale, with limestone above. The floor was over 2 feet of fire clay.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Eureka Coal Company (add)	Eureka No. 1 (add)	1898-1905	329,245

Jones Brothers Coal and Mining Company The mine notes indicate that in 1926, the mine was leased to Wallace Coal Company. (add)	Eureka No. 1 (add)	1905-1934	1,278,172

Total Production: 1,607,417

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

WPA, T3S-R6W

circa 1934

1:12000

1:63360

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.

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 & size, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

WPA, T3S-R6W - Shaft locations, mine outline.