Mine Index 4332 Union Coal Company, Union Mine No. 1

Mine Index Number: 4332

Company Name:	Union Coal Company
Mine Name:	Union Mine No. 1
Start Date:	1884	End Date:	1892
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	7
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

St. Clair

2N 9W

35

SW NW SW

Air shaft

St. Clair

2N 9W

35

NW SW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

101

4.5-6.0

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Union Mining Company (add)	Union (add)	1884-1885	9,120

Jones and Hughes (add)	Union (add)	1887-1889	13,717

Union Coal Company (add)	Union (No. 1) (add)	1889-1892	17,681

Total Production: 40,518

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351083

2-7-1942

1:1200

1:2400

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Microfilm map, document 351083, reel 03134, frames 188-190, map of Edgemont Mine (mine index 3613) - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.