Shelby County, Illinois Coal Mining History and Genealogy

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Shelby County, Illinois History and Genealogy Featuring Coal Mining

      Shelby County is a county located in central Illinois.
As of 2000, the population was 22,893.
The county seat is Shelbyville, Illinois.

      Shelby County was formed in 1827 out of Fayette County.
It was named in honor of Isaac Shelby, Governor of Kentucky and hero of the Revolutionary War.

      Shelby County has twenty-four townships :
Ash Grove, Big Spring, Clarksburg, Cold Spring, Dry Point, Flat Branch, Herrick, Holland, Lakewood, Moweaqua, Oconee, Okaw, Penn, Pickaway, Prairie, Richland, Ridge, Rose, Rural, Shelbyville, Sigel, Todds Point, Tower Hill, Windsor

Enforcement Of The Mining Law Shelby County, Illinois
1905 Annual Coal Report¹⁰ Enforcement Of The Mining Law June 8, 1905 through the States Attorney of shelby county I made application for injunctions to restrain Widick Brothers, Brophy Brothers, W. W. Turney, M. R. Williams, and Hickey & Kingston, from further operations of their mines, until they provided escapement shafts as required by law. All of these operators had persistently disregarded my instructions as to escapement shafts. The injunctions were granted in all cases except Hickey and Kingston; the judge deciding that, as this firm did not employ any miners, were not required to have an escapement shaft.

Enforcement Of The Mining Law
Shelby County, Illinois

1905 Annual Coal Report¹⁰
Enforcement Of The Mining Law
June 8, 1905 through the States Attorney of shelby county I made application for injunctions to restrain Widick Brothers, Brophy Brothers, W. W. Turney, M. R. Williams, and Hickey & Kingston, from further operations of their mines, until they provided escapement shafts as required by law. All of these operators had persistently disregarded my instructions as to escapement shafts. The injunctions were granted in all cases except Hickey and Kingston; the judge deciding that, as this firm did not employ any miners, were not required to have an escapement shaft.

American Coal Company Moweaqua, Shelby County, Illinois
1893 Annual Coal Report² Prospective Mines. The American Coal Co. is sinking a new shaft at Moweaqua, in Shelby county; the coal having been proved by the Moweaqua Coal Co., the village of Moweaqua can boast in the near future of having two coal shafts.

Anderson Mines
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois

Source :1914 Annual Coal Report¹³

1914 Annual Coal Report¹³ New Mines
      Kingston Bros., have opened a mine for local trade at Shelbyville, Shelby County.

1915 Annual Coal Report¹⁴
Change Of Name
      Kingston Bros. to Dan Anderson

1916 Annual Coal Report¹⁵
Closed or Abandoned Mines
      Dan Anderson, Shelbyville, Shelby County

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The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 10 North, Range 4 East, Section 28

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Cushman Mine Cushman, Walter A. 1934 - 1937

Stretch Mine No. 1 Stretch, B. F. 1937 - 1939

Anderson Mine Anderson, Floyd 1939 - 1946

[Source - No. 1, Index 3452]

Auld & Cruitt Coal Mine
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 11 North, Range 4 East, Section 5

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Auld & Cruitt Mine Auld & Cruitt 1928 - 1938

[Source - No. 1, Index 720]

Fatalities DAVIS
January 13, 1928¹⁸, Clarence Davis, of Shelbyville, miner, age 47 years, married, was killed by a fall of slate in Cruitt and Auld's mine. He leaves a widow and two children.

Baum Mines Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois
Source :1913 Annual Coal Report⁹ 1913 Annual Coal Report¹² Abandoned Mines William Baum's No. 1 mine, Shelbyville, Shelby County. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1914 Annual Coal Report¹³ Abandoned Mines William Baum Nos. 2 and 3, Shelbyville - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1913 Annual Coal Report¹² New Mines William Baum has opened a new mine near Shelbyville, Shelby County, which will be known as No. 4. 1916 Annual Coal Report¹⁵ New or Reopened Mines Wm. Baum, Shelbyville

Baum Mines
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois

Source :1913 Annual Coal Report⁹

1913 Annual Coal Report¹²
Abandoned Mines
      William Baum's No. 1 mine, Shelbyville, Shelby County. - - - - -       - - - - -       - - - - -       - - - - -       - - - - - 1914 Annual Coal Report¹³
Abandoned Mines
      William Baum Nos. 2 and 3, Shelbyville - - - - -       - - - - -       - - - - -       - - - - -       - - - - - 1913 Annual Coal Report¹²
New Mines
      William Baum has opened a new mine near Shelbyville, Shelby County, which will be known as No. 4.

1916 Annual Coal Report¹⁵
New or Reopened Mines
      Wm. Baum, Shelbyville

Beck Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 9 North, Range 1 East, Section 15
This mine operated as a strip mine
The mine type for surface mines is "strip" because these mines are more commonly called "strip mines."¹

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Beck Mine Beck coal Company 1931 - 1931

[Source - No. 1, Index 4767]

Bowman Mine Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois
Source :1900 Annual Coal Report⁹ 1900 Annual Coal Report⁹ New Mines Dr. J. A. Bowman has sunk a new mine five miles northeast of Shelbyville. It is a shaft opening, 110 feet deep, and pierces seam No. 15 of the geological section which is nearly two feet thick. The coal is of a superior quality and finds a ready market in Shelbyville and surrounding country. It is equipped with a horse-hoister, and is operated for local trade only.

Bowman Mine
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois

Source :1900 Annual Coal Report⁹

1900 Annual Coal Report⁹
New Mines
Dr. J. A. Bowman has sunk a new mine five miles northeast of Shelbyville. It is a shaft opening, 110 feet deep, and pierces seam No. 15 of the geological section which is nearly two feet thick. The coal is of a superior quality and finds a ready market in Shelbyville and surrounding country. It is equipped with a horse-hoister, and is operated for local trade only.

Brophy Mine Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois
Source :1900 Annual Coal Report⁹ 1900 Annual Coal Report⁹ New Mines Michael Brophy, who has been operating a small mine close to Shelbyville for a number of years, has abandoned his old mine and sunk a new one, which is being worked in a small way for local trade.

Brown Mine Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois
Source :1895 Annual Coal Report⁴ *Fatalities* BROWN October 17, 1894⁴, Bert Brown, of Shelbyville, aged I7 years, single, occupation, miner, was killed by a fall of roof at the local mine of F. M. Brown, of Shelbyville, Shelby county, October 17, 1894. The father of Bert Brown and another man, both inexperienced miners had opened a drift and were turning a room at the time of the accident.

Brown Mine
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois

Source :1895 Annual Coal Report⁴

Fatalities BROWN
October 17, 1894⁴, Bert Brown, of Shelbyville, aged I7 years, single, occupation, miner, was killed by a fall of roof at the local mine of F. M. Brown, of Shelbyville, Shelby county, October 17, 1894. The father of Bert Brown and another man, both inexperienced miners had opened a drift and were turning a room at the time of the accident.

C & W No. 2 Coal Mine
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 14 North, Range 4 East, Section 28

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Stretch Mine No. 2 Stretch, B. F. 1937 - 1940

C & W Mine No. 2 Cox & Weakley 1938 - 1939

[Source - No. 1, Index 3453]

B. Christie Robinson Creek, Shelby County, Illinois
1893 Annual Coal Report² B. Christie operated a shaft mine at Robinson Creek, which was 35 feet below the surface, with a coal seam thickness of two feet, working about 46/100ths of an acre during the year

Cruitt Coal Mine
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 11 North, Range 3 East, Section 23

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Auld & Cruitt Mine Auld & Cruitt 1935 - 1938

Cruitt Mine No. 1 Cruitt, James, Coal Company 1936 - 1942

[Source - No. 1, Index 3463]

Curry Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 10 North, Range 6 East, Section 11
This mine was operated as a drift mine.
A "Drift" type mine is is an underground mine that is excavated where the coal outcrops in the side of a bluff or the highwall of a surface mine. The mine type for surface mines is "strip" because these mines are more commonly called "strip mines."¹

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Curry Mine Curry Brothers About 1934

[Source - No. 1, Index 616]

Ditzler Coal Mines

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 11 North, Range 3 East, Section 21

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Ditzler Mine Ditzler, Sam E. Before 1928

[Source - No. 1, Index 4813]

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The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 11 North, Range 3 East, Section 34

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Dowell Mine Dowell, Clyde. J. 1936 - 1937

D & W Mine Ditzler & Westenhaver, C. 1937 - 1938

Ditzler Mine Ditzler, Ed 1938 - 1939

[Source - No. 1, Index 3467]

Domas & Domas Mine Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois
Source :1913 Annual Coal Report¹² 1913 Annual Coal Report¹² Abandoned Mines Domas & Domas Shelbyville, Shelby County.

Donelson Coal Mine
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 11 North, Range 3 East, Section 23

Mine Name Operarted By Years

H & D Mine Hart & Donelson 1936 - 1936

Donelson Mine Donelson, Homer 1936 - 1939

[Source - No. 1, Index 3464]

Dunaway Coal Mine
Holiday, Shelby County, Illinois

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 9 North, Range 3 East, Section 12

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Dunaway Mine Dunaway, Oscar 1936 - 1937

[Source - No. 1, Index 3450]

Flanders Mine Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois
Source :1896 Annual Coal Report⁵ *Fatalities* STONEBUERNER August 27, 1895⁵, Fred Stonebuerner, of Shelbyville, aged 25 years, married, left a widow and three children, occupation laborer, was asphyxiated by black damp on August 27, 1895, at the local mine of S. L. Flanders, Shelbyville, Shelby county. The mine is located near a brickyard operated by Flanders. The mine had not been operated for several months. Once a week the water was hoisted with a barrel. At the time of the accident, Stonebuerner and Flanders were at the top of the shaft. Stonebuerner was attending the gin and dumping the barrel. The barrel stuck in the sump. Stonebuerner slid down the rope, kicked the barrel to loosen it, and shouted to hoist up quickly, that the air was bad. When the barrel was hoisted a few feet, he fell back from it into the shaft and was suffocated. The shaft was sunk during the previous summer. It was thirty feet deep, and had no separate partitions for intake and return air. On inspection, a light was extinguished fifteen feet from the surface.

Flanders Mine
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois

Source :1896 Annual Coal Report⁵

Fatalities STONEBUERNER
August 27, 1895⁵, Fred Stonebuerner, of Shelbyville, aged 25 years, married, left a widow and three children, occupation laborer, was asphyxiated by black damp on August 27, 1895, at the local mine of S. L. Flanders, Shelbyville, Shelby county. The mine is located near a brickyard operated by Flanders. The mine had not been operated for several months. Once a week the water was hoisted with a barrel. At the time of the accident, Stonebuerner and Flanders were at the top of the shaft. Stonebuerner was attending the gin and dumping the barrel. The barrel stuck in the sump. Stonebuerner slid down the rope, kicked the barrel to loosen it, and shouted to hoist up quickly, that the air was bad. When the barrel was hoisted a few feet, he fell back from it into the shaft and was suffocated. The shaft was sunk during the previous summer. It was thirty feet deep, and had no separate partitions for intake and return air. On inspection, a light was extinguished fifteen feet from the surface.

Forcum Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 10 North, Range 4 East, Section 33

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Gallagher Mine No. 1 Gallagher, Ralph 1934 - 1938

M & B Mine Miller & Brown 1938 - 1939

Forcum Mine Forcum, John 1939 - 1944

[Source - No. 1, Index 3456]

Gallagher Coal Mine
Mode, Shelby County, Illinois

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 10 North, Range 4 East, Section 33

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Gallagher Mine No. 3 Gallagher, Ralph 1939 - 1943

[Source - No. 1, Index 3458]

Galloway Farm Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 10 North, Range 6 East, Section 14

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Galloway Farm Mine Galloway Farm Operating in 1935

[Source - No. 1, Index 4798]

Gordon Coal Mine
Beecher City, Shelby County, Illinois

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County

Mine Name Operarted By Years

GordonMine Gordon Bros. 1936 - 1938

[Source - No. 1, Index 4836]

Hatcher Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 12 North, Range 2 East, Section 25

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Hatcher Mine Hatcher Before 1931

[Source - No. 1, Index 4829]

T. Hornbach Fancher, Shelby County, Illinois
1893 Annual Coal Report² T. Hornbach operated a shaft mine, which was 52 below the surface, with an average coal seam of two feet, and worked about 4/10ths of an acre during the year.

Huffers Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 10 North, Range 4 East, Section 34

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Huffers Mine Huffers, Charles Operating in 1930

[Source - No. 1, Index 4791]

Humphries Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 10 North, Range 6 East, Section 14
This mine operated as a strip mine.
The mine type for surface mines is "strip" because these mines are more commonly called "strip mines."¹

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Humphries Mine Humphries , Olen 1955 - 1955

[Source - No. 1, Index 710]

Keller Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 11 North, Range 4 East, Section 33

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Smith Mine Smith, Fred L. 1947 - 1949

Keller Mine Keller Coal Company 1949 - 1951

[Source - No. 1, Index 678]

Lewis Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 10 North, Range 4 East, Section 30

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Lewis Mine Lewis, Pearl ? - 1938

[Source - No. 1, Index 4787]

Lipkey Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 11 North, Range 3 East, Section 28

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Lipkey Mine Lipkey, L. E.'s land Before1938

[Source - No. 1, Index 4818]

Little Coal Mine
Mode, Shelby County, Illinois

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 10 North, Range 4 East, Section 31

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Little Mine Little Bros. 1939 - 1939

[Source - No. 1, Index 3455]

Morkel Mine No. 3 See : Root Coal Mines

"Moweaqua Mine" Sootless Coal Mine Moweaqua, Shelby County, Illinois See : Sootless Coal Mine

Nees Coal Mine
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 10 North, Range 4 East, Section 28

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Nees Mine Nees, Homer 1938 - 1940

[Source - No. 1, Index 3451]

Nees & Reeves Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 11 North, Range 3 East, Section 23

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Nees & Reeves Mine Nees & Reeves unknown

[Source - No. 1, Index 4232]

O'Brien Mine Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois
Source :1917 Annual Coal Report¹⁶ 1917 Annual Coal Report¹⁶ New and Reopened Mines. John O'Brien, Shelbyville, Shelby County.

Okaw Coal Mines

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 12 North, Range 4 East, Section 33

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Okaw Mine No. 1 Okaw Coal Company - Bowden, Ed 1926 - 1936

[Source - No. 1, Index 3471]

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The legal description lists this as : Shelbyville, Shelby County - Township 12 North, Range 4 East, Section 33

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Okaw Mine No. 2 Bowden, Ed Opened about 1926

Okaw Mine No. 2 Okaw Coal Company 1926 - 1937

Okaw Mine No. 2 Kingston, Ray 1937 - 1944

[Source - No. 1, Index 721]

Polley Coal Mine
Mode, Shelby County, Illinois

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 10 North, Range 4 East, Section 33

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Polley Mine Polley, N. W. 1935 - 1937

[Source - No. 1, Index 3457]

Richardson Mine
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois

Source :1900 Annual Coal Report⁹

1900 Annual Coal Report⁹
New Mines
John Richardson, who operates a small mine for local trade near Shelbyville, has sunk another shaft near the old one, and is driving an entry from both mines towards each other as raidly as possible so as to connect them for the purpose of making each one an escape-shaft for the other, and to improve the ventilation of both mines.

Root Coal Mines
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 11 North, Range 3 East, Section 13

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Tallman Mine Tallman, Arch 1918 - 1923

T & R Mine Tallman & Root 1923 - 1925

Root Mine No. 1 Root, J. G. 1925 - 1937

[Source - No. 1, Index 3462]

Fatalities COX
March 20, 1934²⁰, Henry F. Cox, of Shelbyville, miner, age 51, married, died as a result of being struck on the head by a piece of rock on March 15 in the No. 1 mine of J. G. Root & Co. He leaves a widow.

HILLARD
January 16, 1923¹⁷, Perry Hillard, of Shelbyville, miner, age 34 years, married, was killed by falling rock in Arch Tallman's No. 2 mine. He leaves a widow and one child.

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The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 11 North, Range 3 East, Section 13

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Root Mine No 2 Root, J. G. 1933 - 1937

[Source - No. 1, Index 3461]

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The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 11 North, Range 3 East, Section 13

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Morkel Mine No 3 Root, J. G. 1937 - 1943

[Source - No. 1, Index 3460]

Slimp Coal Mine
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 11 North, Range 3 East, Section 34

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Slimp Mine Slimp, W. M. 1936 - 1937

[Source - No. 1, Index 3466]

Smith Mines

Source :1916 Annual Coal Report¹⁵

1916 Annual Coal Report¹⁵
New or Reopened Mines
A. W. Smith

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The legal description lists this as : Mode, Shelby County - Township 10 North, Range 4 East, Section 31

Mine Name Operarted By Years

S & S Mine Smith & Smith. 1937 - 1940

Smith Mine Smith Coal Company 1937 - 1940

[Source - No. 1, Index 3454]

Sootless Coal Mine
"Moweaqua Mine"
Moweaqua, Shelby County, Illinois

See : Sootless Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 14 North, Range 2 East, Section 31

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Moweaqua Mine Moweaqua Coal Mining & Manufacturing 1892 - 1925

Moweaqua Mine Moweaqua Coal Mining Company 1925 - 1931

Moweaqua Mine Moweaqua Coal Corporation 1931 - 1934

Sootless Mine Erie Sootless Coal Company 1934- 1936

[Source - No. 1, Index 217]

1932 Annual Coal Report¹⁹
December 24, 1932 -- Disaster At Moweaqua Mine See: Explosion

Sterner Coal Mine
Mode, Shelby County, Illinois

This mine was operated as a drift mine.
A "Drift" type mine is is an underground mine that is excavated where the coal outcrops in the side of a bluff or the highwall of a surface mine. The mine type for surface mines is "strip" because these mines are more commonly called "strip mines."¹

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Sterner Mine Sterner, Clarence 1934 - 1938

[Source - No. 1, Index 3449]

Strasburg Coal Company

Source :1893 Annual Coal Report²

1893 Annual Coal Report²
Prospective Mines.
The Strasburg Coal Co. is sinking a new shaft at Strasburg, Shelby county, on the line of the Wabash railroad. As this is in the center of the Illinois coal basin, the shaft will have to go to a great depth to find a paying coal seam.

1894 Annual Coal Report³
Abandoned Enterprises
At Strasburg, Shelby county, a shaft was sunk 210 feet to a seam of coal 20 inches thick and then abandoned.

Stretch Mine Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois
Source :1900 Annual Coal Report⁹ 1900 Annual Coal Report⁹ New Mines B. F. Stretch, who also operates a small mine near Shelbyville, has finished sinking a new escape shaft, and now has it connected with the hoisting shaft so as to afford a ready means of exit in case of danger. 1917 Annual Coal Report¹⁶ Abandoned and Closed Mines B. F. Stretch & Son, Shelbyville, Shelby County.

Tallman Mines
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 11 North, Range 3 East, Section 13

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Tallman Mine No. 2 Tallman, Arch 1930 - 1937

[Source - No. 1, Index 3459]

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Mine Name Operarted By Years

Tallman Mine Tallman, Arch, Coal Company About 1936

[Source - No. 1, Index 3465]

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Mine Name Operarted By Years

Tallman Mine No. 3 Tallman, Arch 1935 - 1942

Tallman Mine No. 1 Waterworks 1935 - 1942

[Source - No. 1, Index 3468]

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Mine Name Operarted By Years

Tallman Mine No. 1 Tallman, Arch 1930 - 1938

[Source - No. 1, Index 3469]

Tower Hill No. 1 Coal Mine
Tower Hill, Shelby County, Illinois

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 11 North, Range 2 East, Section 23

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Century Mine No. 1 Century Coal Company 1904 - 1913

Tower Hill No. 1 Tower Hill Coal Company 1913 - 1919

[Source - No. 1, Index 318]

1905 Annual Coal Report¹⁰
New Miines
      The Century Coal Co. of Tower Hill, Shelby county has completed an escapement shaft during the last year.

1913 Annual Coal Report¹²
Change of Name
      Century Coal Company to Tower Hill Coal Co.

1916 Annual Coal Report¹⁵
Closed or Abandoned Mines
      Tower Hill Coal Co., Tower Hill, Shelby County

1917 Annual Coal Report¹⁶
New and Reopened Mines.
      Tower Hill Coal Co., Tower Hill, Shelby County.

Tubb Coal Mine
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois

The legal description lists this as : Shelby County - Township 11 North, Range 4 East, Section 18

Mine Name Operarted By Years

Tubb Mine Amos Tubb
Tubb Coal Company 1934 - 1937

[Source - No. 1, Index 3470]

Vanderpool & Smith Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois
Source :1913 Annual Coal Report¹² 1913 Annual Coal Report¹² Change of Name Vanderpool & Graburn to Vanderpool & Smith 1914 Annual Coal Report¹³ Abandoned Mines Vanderpool & Smith, Shelbyville

Unknown Names - Mines
Mine Name	Type	Location	Years
Source - No. 1, Index 4766	unknown	Twp 12 N R 4 E, Sec. 33	unknown
Source - No. 1, Index 4768	Strip mine	Twp 9 N R 3 E, Sec. 1	Before 1931
Source - No. 1, Index 4769	Slope mine	Twp 9 N R 3 E, Sec. 11	unknown
Source - No. 1, Index 4770	Strip mine	Twp 9 N R 3 E, Sec. 12	Before 1949
Source - No. 1, Index 4771	Several - Slope mines	Twp 9 N R 3 E, Sec. 13	Before 1937
Source - No. 1, Index 4772	Drift mine	Twp 9 N R 3 E, Sec. 13	Before 1949
Source - No. 1, Index 4773	Shaft mine	Twp 9 N R 4 E, Sec. 2	Before 1949
Source - No. 1, Index 4774	Drift mine	Twp 9 N R 4 E, Sec. 4	unknown
Source - No. 1, Index 4775	unknown	Twp 9 N R 4 E, Sec. 6	Before 1937
Source - No. 1, Index 4776	Strip mine	Twp 9 N R 4 E, Sec. 6	Before 1949
Source - No. 1, Index 4777	Strip mine	Twp 9 N R 4 E, Sec. 6	Before 1949
Source - No. 1, Index 4778	Drift mine	Twp 9 N R 4 E, Sec. 7	Before 1949
Source - No. 1, Index 4780	Strip mine	Twp 9 N R 4 E, Sec. 18	Before 1949
Source - No. 1, Index 4781	Drift mine	Twp 10 N R 1 E, Sec. 3	Before 1931
Source - No. 1, Index 4782	unknown	Twp 10 N R 1 E, Sec. 3	Before 1931
Source - No. 1, Index 4783	Slope mine	Twp 10 N R 13 E, Sec. 1	Before 1931
Source - No. 1, Index 4784	unknown	Twp 10 N R 4 E, Sec. 27	Before 1938
Source - No. 1, Index 4785	unknown	Twp 10 N R 4 E, Sec. 27	Before 1938
Source - No. 1, Index 4786	Four (4) - Shaft mines	Twp 10 N R 4 E, Sec. 28	Before 1949
Source - No. 1, Index 4788	Drift mine	Twp 10 N R 4 E, Sec. 32	Before 1949
Source - No. 1, Index 4789	Several - Strip mines	Twp 10 N R 4 E, Sec. 32	Before 1949
Source - No. 1, Index 4792	Shaft mine	Twp 10 N R 6 E, Sec. 12	Before 1937
Source - No. 1, Index 4793	Strip mine	Twp 10 N R 6 E, Sec. 12	unknown
Source - No. 1, Index 4795	Two (2) - Shaft mines	Twp 10 N R 6 E, Sec. 14	unknown
Source - No. 1, Index 4796	Slope mine	Twp 10 N R 6 E, Sec. 14	Before 1937
Source - No. 1, Index 4797	Drift Mine	Twp 10 N R 6 E, Sec. 14	unknown
Source - No. 1, Index 4799	Strip Mine	Twp 10 N R 6 E, Sec. 14	Before 1955
Source - No. 1, Index 4800	Strip Mine	Twp 10 N R 6 E, Sec. 14	Before 1967
Source - No. 1, Index 4802	Drift Mine	Twp 11 N R 3 E, Sec. 5	Before 1928
Source - No. 1, Index 4803	Two (2) - Mines	Twp 11 N R 3 E, Sec. 8	Before 1928
Source - No. 1, Index 4804	unknown	Twp 11 N R 3 E, Sec. 9	Before 1938
Source - No. 1, Index 4805	Drift Mine	Twp 11 N R 3 E, Sec. 9	Operating in 1937
Source - No. 1, Index 4806	Drift Mine	Twp 11 N R 3 E, Sec. 17	Before 1931
Source - No. 1, Index 4807	Drift Mine	Twp 11 N R 3 E, Sec. 17	Operating in 1931
Source - No. 1, Index 4808	Drift Mine	Twp 11 N R 3 E, Sec. 17	Before 1949
Source - No. 1, Index 4809	Drift Mine	Twp 11 N R 3 E, Sec. 17	Before 1935
Source - No. 1, Index 4810	Drift Mine	Twp 11 N R 3 E, Sec. 17	Before 1935
Source - No. 1, Index 4811	Strip Mine	Twp 11 N R 3 E, Sec. 20	Before 1931
Source - No. 1, Index 4812	unknown	Twp 11 N R 3 E, Sec. 20	Before 1949
Source - No. 1, Index 4814	Shaft mine	Twp 11 N R 3 E, Sec. 21	Before 1938
Source - No. 1, Index 4815	Slope mine	Twp 11 N R 3 E, Sec. 21	Before 1938
Source - No. 1, Index 4816	Drift mine	Twp 11 N R 3 E, Sec. 21	Operating in 1942
Source - No. 1, Index 4817	Drift mine	Twp 11 N R 3 E, Sec. 21	Before 1948
Source - No. 1, Index 4819	Drift mine	Twp 11 N R 3 E, Sec. 29	Before 1949
Source - No. 1, Index 4820	Slope mine	Twp 11 N R 3 E, Sec. 34	Before 1931
Source - No. 1, Index 4821	unknown	Twp 11 N R 3 E, Sec. 34	Before 1938
Source - No. 1, Index 4822	unknown	Twp 11 N R 4 E, Sec. 4	Before 1931
Source - No. 1, Index 4823	Shaft mine	Twp 11 N R 4 E, Sec. 5	Before 1931
Source - No. 1, Index 4825	Shaft mine	Twp 11 N R 4 E, Sec. 8	Before 1928
Source - No. 1, Index 4827	Shaft mine	Twp 11 N R 4 E, Sec. 20	Before 1937
Source - No. 1, Index 4828	Shaft mine	Twp 12 N R 2 E, Sec. 25	Before 1931
Source - No. 1, Index 4830	Strip mine	Twp 12 N R 2 E, Sec. 25	Before 1931
Source - No. 1, Index 4831	unknown	Twp 12 N R 2 E, Sec. 25	Before 1942
Source - No. 1, Index 4832	unknown	Twp 12 N R 2 E, Sec. 25	Before 1942
Source - No. 1, Index 4833	Strip mine	Twp 12 N R 2 E, Sec. 34	Before 1931
Source - No. 1, Index 4834	Strip mine	Twp 12 N R 2 E, Sec. 34	Before 1931
Source - No. 1, Index 4835	Shaft mine	Twp 12 N R 3 E, Sec. 30	Before 1935
Source - No. 1, Index 4839	unknown	Twp 11 N R 6 E, Sec. 25	unknown
Source - No. 1, Index 4840	unknown	Twp 11 N R 6 E, Sec. 36	unknown
Source - No. 1, Index 4841	Strip mine	Twp 10 N R 6 E, Sec. 12	unknown
Source - No. 1, Index 4842	unknown	Twp 10 N R 6 E, Sec. 12	unknown
Source - No. 1, Index 4843	unknown	Twp 10 N R 6 E, Sec. 12	unknown
Source - No. 1, Index 4844	Strip mine	Twp 10 N R 6 E, Sec. 12	unknown
Source - No. 1, Index 4845	unknown	Twp 10 N R 6 E, Sec. 12	unknown
Source - No. 1, Index 4846	Strip mine	Twp 10 N R 6 E, Sec. 14	unknown
Source - No. 1, Index 4847	Strip mine	Twp 10 N R 6 E, Sec. 14	unknown
Source - No. 1, Index 4848	Strip mine	Twp 10 N R 6 E, Sec. 24	unknown
Source - No. 1, Index 5661	Shaft mine	Twp 11 N R 3 E, Sec. 13	unknown

Sources :

¹ Coal Mines in Illinois, Shelby County
                Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL. 61820
² Statistics of Coal In Illinois 1893
                Twelveth Annual Report
                Springfiled, ILL.; H. W. Rokker, State Printer and Binder, 1894
³ Statistics of Coal In Illinois 1894
                Thirteenth Annual Report
                Springfiled, ILL.; ED.F. Hartman, State Printer, 1895
⁴ Statistics of Coal In Illinois 1895
                Fourteenth Annual Report
                Springfiled, ILL.; ED.F. Hartman, State Printer, 1896
⁵ Fifteenth Annual Report of the State Bureau of Labor Statistics
                COAL IN ILLINOIS 1896
                Springfield, Phillips Bros., State Printers 1897
⁶ Sixteenth Annual Report of the State Bureau of Labor Statistics
                COAL IN ILLINOIS 1897
                Springfield, Phillips Bros., State Printers 1898
⁷ Sixteenth Annual Report of the State Bureau of Labor Statistics
                COAL IN ILLINOIS 1897
                Springfield, Phillips Bros., State Printers 1898
⁸ Seventeenth Annual Report of the State Bureau of Labor Statistics
                COAL IN ILLINOIS 1898
                Springfield, Phillips Bros., State Printers 1899
⁹ Nineteenth Annual Coal Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1900,
                also the Second Annual Report of the Illinois Free Employment Offices, for the Year Ended
                October 1, 1900, David Ross, Secretary; Springfield,
                Springfield, ILL.; Phillips Bros., State Printers, 1901
¹⁰ Twenty-Fourth Annual Coal Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Startistics, 1905,
                also the Seventhth Annual Report of the Illinois Free Employment Offices, for the Year Ended
                September 30, 1905, David Ross, Secretary; Springfield,
                Springfield, Illinois State Journal, State Printers, 1906
¹¹ Thitieth Annual Coal Report of Illinois, 1911
                State Mining Board
                Springfiled, Illinois; Illinois State Journal Co.. State Printers, 1912
¹² Thirty-Second Annual Coal Report of Illinois, 1913
                State Mining Board
                Printed by authority of the State of Illinois
                Springfield, ILL.: Illinois State Journal Co., State Printers, 1914
¹³ Thitieth-Third Annual Coal Report of Illinois, 1914
                State Mining Board
                Springfiled, Illinois; Illinois State Journal Co.. State Printers, 1914
¹⁴ Thirty-Fourth Annual Coal Report of Illinois
                1915 State Mining Board
                Printed by authority of the State of Illinois
                Springfield, ILL, Illinois State Journal Co., State Printers, 1915
¹⁵ Thirty-Fifth Annual Coal Report of Illinois, 1916
                State Mining Board
                Springfield, ILL.; Illinois State Journal Co., State Printers 1916
¹⁶ Twenty-Sixth Annual Coal Report of Illinois, 1917
                Department of Mines and Minerals
                Year Ended June 30, 1917
                Printed by authority of the State of Illinois
                Springfield: Illinois State Journal, State Printers, 1917
¹⁷ Forty-Second Annual Coal Report of Illinois, 1923
                Department of Mines and Minerals
                Illinois Printing Co., Danville, ILL., 1923
¹⁸ Forty-Seventh Annual Coal Report of Illinois, 1928
                Department of Mines and Minerals
                Illinois Printing Co., Danville, ILL., 1929
¹⁹ Fifty-First Annual Coal Report of Illinois, 1932
                Department of Mines and Minerals
                Journal Printing Co., Springfield, ILL., 1933
²⁰ Fifty -Third Coal Report of Illinois, 1934
                Department of Mines and Minerals
                Printed by authority of the State of Illinois

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