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

Mine Index Number: 4297

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

Main shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

34

SE NE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

70-75

6.5-7.0

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Marsh and Son (add)	Marsh and Son (add)	1888-1889	34,763

Walnut Valley Coal Company (add)	Walnut Valley (add)	1889-1890	25,856

Marsh and Son (add)	Marsh and Son (add)	1890-1892	34,784

Walnut Valley (add)	Walnut Valley (add)	1892-1893	2,000

George Hippard (add)	Walnut Valley (add)	1895-1897 Idle 1894-1895	70,258

Hippard Coal Company (add)	Hippard No. 1 (add)	1897-1907	564,545

Vulcan Coal and Mining Company (add)	Vulcan No. 1 (add)	1907-1908	42,572

Total Production: 774,778

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, Recorder of Deeds

3-23-1928

1:1200

1:2483

Secondary source

Microfilm, document 351022

5-15-1912

1:12000

1:24828

Secondary source

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) - Shaft location, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

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

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