Mine Index 4297 Vulcan Coal and Mining Company, Vulcan Mine No. 1

Mine Index Number: 4297

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

Company Name:	Vulcan Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Vulcan Mine No. 1
Start Date:	1888	End Date:	1908
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	45
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:	109
The mine extends northward onto the O’Fallon Quadrangle, as shown on the map for the Patterson-Harding Mine (mine index 0782). The area shown represents the approximate size needed to account for the tonnage produced.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Main shaft	St. Clair	1N 8W	34	SE NE NE

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Herrin	70-75			6.5-7.0	RPB

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Marsh and Son (add)	Marsh and Son (add)	1888-1889	34,763

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Walnut Valley Coal Company (add)	Walnut Valley (add)	1889-1890	25,856

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Marsh and Son (add)	Marsh and Son (add)	1890-1892	34,784

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Walnut Valley (add)	Walnut Valley (add)	1892-1893	2,000

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
George Hippard (add)	Walnut Valley (add)	1895-1897	70,258

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Hippard Coal Company (add)	Hippard No. 1 (add)	1897-1907	564,545

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Vulcan Coal and Mining Company (add)	Vulcan No. 1 (add)	1907-1908	42,572

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Total Production: 774,778

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
Microfilm, Recorder of Deeds	3-23-1928	1:1200	1:2483	Secondary source

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
Microfilm, document 351022	5-15-1912	1:12000	1:24828	Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Bibliography
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Bibliography
Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Shaft location, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

Bibliography
Microfilm map from Recorder of Deeds, St. Clair County, map of Patterson-Harding Mine (mine index 0782) - Mine extent into O'Fallon Quadrangle.

Bibliography
Microfilm map, document 351022, reel 03134, frame 100, map of WPA compilation of T1N-R8W - Mine outline.