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The Office of Mines and Minerals is comprised of four divisions: Land Reclamation, Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation, Mine Safety and Training, and Blasting, Explosives and Aggregate Reclamation. Within these divisions, the office: regulates the mining industry throughout the State of Illinois,

Survey, Bureau of Mines 1919 Low sulpher coal in Franklin Co in 1904. 9 ft seam. See pg 13: Orient #2 Mine Explosion, West Frankfort, IL: 1905 - 50 men lost their lives in Zeigler Mine gas explosion in Franklin Co. pg 564: Franklin County Coal Mines in 1910. pgs 17, 18 "Zeigler's Coal Miners" Coal burning farm tractor. Seven stranded coal towns in

A Photographic History of Coal Mining Practices in Illinois and a copy of the Illinois Coal map 2013 make an excellent gift idea for current and past coal mine enthusiasts. This historical publication has gathered, published, and preserved a large collection of historic photographs documenting the processes, equipment, and people integral to ...

Wayne's World of History & Genealogy. 313 likes · 15 talking about this. History & Genealogy, including Coal Mining and Coal Mine Fatalities from Illinois.

Monterey Coal Company (Monterey) operated the No. 2 Mine in Clinton County, near Albers, Illinois, from April 1977 until August 1996. The operations included coal extraction, coal processing and coal slurry and refuse (mine waste) disposal. The entire No. 2. Mine site occupies approximately 1,400 acres of land, with the waste piles comprising ...

Coal City Genealogy (in Will County, IL) USA (994,159) > Illinois (43,770) > Will County (776) > Coal City (12). Note: This page primarily lists records kept at the city level. Additional records are listed on the county and state pages.

MINE DIRECTORIES Each county directory is keyed to the mine map by the mine index number; the directory provides basic information about the coal mines shown on the map. The data have been compiled from a variety of sources such as the annual Coal Report of the Illinois Office of Mines and Minerals and field notes taken by ISGS geologists.

Directory of Coal Mines Mine Name Mine Office Address City and State Illinois Fuel Co., LLC I - 1 U/G Mine P.O. Box 7 Herod, IL 62947 Knight Hawk Coal, LLC Creek Paum Mine 984 East Sugar Hill Road Ava, IL 62907 Knight Hawk Coal, LLC Red Hawk Mine 984 East Sugar Hill Road Ava, IL 62907 Monterey Coal Co. Mine #1 14300 Brushy Mound Rd. Carlinville ...

The Wilmington Star Mining Company, Coal City, Grundy county, has opened a n ew mine one mile west of Coal City, known as No. 6 mine. the shaft is 90 feet deep, thickness of coal 3 feet; this will be one of the best equipped mines in the county.

History of Mining in Illinois In 1673, they observed and recorded coal outcrops along the Illinois river. However, it wasn't until the 1800's that the settlers first mined outcropped coal for blacksmithing and other domestic uses.

Producing in one year what many modern mines do in one day is the capacity of the Oswald & Young Coal co., located in the southwestern part of Will County, Illinois, near the city of Braidwood, the shaft is 60 ft. deep, working the No. 2 Illinois seam, which is about 3 ft. 6 in. in thickness at this property. the production varies from 30 to 40 ...

Each county directory is keyed to the mine map by the mine index number; the directory provides basic information about the coal mines shown on the map. The data have been compiled from a variety of sources such as the annual Coal Report of the Illinois Office of Mines and Minerals and field notes taken by ISGS geologists.

The Board administers and interprets The Illinois Coal Mining Act and promulgates safety related rules and regulations for the Illinois coal industry. Mining Board meetings are held to discuss topics related to the Coal Mining Act. It is the Board's responsibility to ensure the safety of the state coal industry and compliance with the Act.

Harco Coal Mine Harrisburg Colliery Company Saline County, Illinois Township 8 South, Range 5 East, Section 27, SE SE SW An Underground Shaft Mine at a depth of 416 feet to 420 feet with a coal seam thickness of 4½ feet to 8 feet.

1883 Excerpt from : History of Crawford and Clark Counties, Illinois 5; Coal Measures-- The stratified rocks of this county all belong to the upper coal measures, the lowest beds appearing in the beds of the Wabash river and the highest along the western borders of the county, and include the horizon of coals No. 11, 12 and 13 of the Illinois Section.

Albers Coal Mine Madison County, Illinois The legal description lists this as : Madison County - Township 5 North, Range 9 West, Section 35, SE NE SW A slope mine at a depth of 26 - 60 feet with an average coal seam of 2.3 - 2½ feet thick.

1918 23 (1911) Ed. A. Bauser, Bunker Hill, Illinois, has been in the retail coal business for sixteen years and is the lessee of the Bauser-Truesdale coal mine.He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, February 4, 1873. 1920 30 BUNKER HILL MINE UPPER WORKS BURN Total Loss of Engine Room and Boiler Room Estimated at $10,000.

MINE DIRECTORIES Each county directory is keyed to the mine map by the mine index number; the directory provides basic information about the coal mines shown on the map. The data have been compiled from a variety of sources such as the annual Coal Report of the Illinois Office of Mines and Minerals and field notes taken by ISGS geologists.

Coal Mines in Illinois, Franklin County, West Frankfort Quadrangle Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL. 61820 4 Seventieth Coal Report of Illinois, 1951 Department of Mines and Minerals -- Printed by authority of the State of Illinois 5 Twenty-Second Annual Coal .

Jun 15, 2016· That's compared to 10,000 Illinois coal miners in the mid-1980s and 50,000 in the 1930s. "For some of these towns in southern Illinois that have a coal mine, that's the only game in town," says Gonet.

F. B. & M. Coal Mine; The legal description lists this as : Vermilion County - Township 19 North, Range 12 West, Section 22, NW NE SE An Underground Slope Mine at a depth of 80 feet to 125 feet with an average coal seam of 6 feet in thickness.

Apr 24, 2018· Coal mining is an essential part of Southern Illinois' history. Explore 100 years of Southern Illinois coal mining in these photos from our archives.

For purposes of History and Genealogy, we have limited this compilation to Underground Coal Mines. Mine Type 1 Underground mines are either "shaft," "slope," or "drift" which refers to the type of opening used to remove the coal from the mine.

Coal has been mined in 76 counties of Illinois. More than 7,400 coal mines have operated since commercial mining began in Illinois about 1810; fewer than 30 are currently active. To detail the extent and location of coal mining in Illinois, the Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS) has compiled maps and directories of known coal mines.
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