Mine Index Number: 5359
| Company Name:
|
Strasburg Coal Company
|
| Mine Name:
|
Strasburg Mine
|
| Start Date:
|
1893
|
End Date:
|
1894
|
| Type of Mine:
|
Underground
|
| Total acres shown:
|
|
| 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
|
Shelby
|
11N 5E
|
35
|
Center W ½ The 1893 Coal Report said the shaft under construction was “on the line of the Wabash Railroad”. The centennial souvenir book said the mine was east of the former Strasburg High School, and gave the landowner and former landowner (George Schlechte and Engel, respectively), but county plat books do not show landowners within town boundaries. W. A. Newton visited Strasburg in 1937, and a local man said the mine shaft was on the “east edge of town”. Consequently, the point shown on the accompanying map is in a general area that fits the location descriptions, but could be as much as 0.5 miles from the actual location.
|
Geology
| Shelbyville
|
210
|
0.5
|
5.0
|
1.4
|
|
Geological Problems Reported
The mine was closed with no or very little production. Water well drilling in the vicinity led the investors to believe that they would hit a 5.0 feet thick seam of coal, but that was apparently a very localized feature for a seam that generally ran to 13 to 20 inches thick. The centennial souvenir book reported that salt water “filled the mine shaft within twenty-four hours”. The same source indicated that the shaft was properly filled (and presumably, sealed) in 1970.
Production
| Company
|
Mine Name
|
Date
|
Production (tons)
|
Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS field notes (W. A. Newton)
|
7-28-1937
|
(text only)
|
1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
|
Secondary source
|
| Coal Report
|
1893
|
(text only)
|
1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
|
Secondary source
|
Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Report (1889) - Mine location, years of operation, mine type, depth.
|
| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Shelby County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
|
| ISGS field notes (Shelby County) - Mine location, thickness.
|
| Strasburg, Illinois, Hudert-Jahrfest 1874-1974, page 76 - Shaft location, thickness.
|
Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
