Mine Index 3624 Egyptian Coal and Mining Company, Advance Mine

Mine Index Number: 3624

Company Name:	Egyptian Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Advance Mine
Start Date:	1887	End Date:	1913
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	57
Acres after map date:	5	General Area of mining acres shown:
The outline shown on the accompanying map is smaller than expected for the production included in the source map; the production indicates the mine would be approximately 75 acres. It is possible that pillars were robbed, but it is unlikely that pillar extraction would be enough to explain the size difference.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (6 x 12 feet)

St. Clair

3S 6W

28

NE NE NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

3S 6W

28

NE NE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

103

6.5

RPB

Geological Problems Reported

In some places, the roof was soapstone that ranged from 0 to 4 feet thick. Where the soapstone was not present, the roof was shale or limestone.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

New Enterprise Coal Company (add)	New Enterprise (add)	1887-1891	54,100

Advance Coal Company (add)	Advance (add)	1891-1903	279,035

Dutch Hollow Coal Company (add)	Advance (add)	1903-1904	30,864

Avery Coal and Mining Company (add)	Advance (add)	1904-1906	39,467

Advance Coal Company Leased by T. H. Westwood (add)	Advance (add)	1906-1907	25,348

Bessemer Washed Coal Company (add)	Advance (add)	1907-1910	27,515

Bessemer Washed Coal Company (add)	Advance (add)	1910-1911	24,430 Production after map date

Egyptian Coal and Mining Company (add)	Advance (add)	1911-1913	9,709 Production after map date

Total Production: 490,468

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351122

7-19-1910

1:1200

1:1986

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Shaft location.

Microfilm map, document 351122, reel 03134, frames 255 & 256 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Microfilm map, document 351010, reel 03134, frame 84 - Main shaft location.