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Southeast Quarter of Macoupin County
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For more than 125 years, coal mining has held a predominance in the area within and around Gillespie, Illinois. Starting around 1880,
coal mines were sunk in this area. With the Dorsey Mine and the Gillespie Mine shafts in or adjacent to the Village of
Gillespie and the Clyde Mine near the Village of Clyde, which is now Hornsby, all being sunk in 1880 and coal production being reported in 1881;
a coal industry opened a new era. Lasting all the years up until this year of 2008, coal has played a major role in the commerce of the
area.
The railroads being built through the state created a need for more coal to fuel the trains and their operations. The increase in demand for this unique compound caused more mines to be sunk and this brought a need for miners to bring this coal to the surface. More men along with their families arriving in this area created a need for housing. The housing necessity was the reason for villages seeing their beginning in a cluster around Gillespie. Walking was the primary means of transportation to and from work at the mines. Many of the villages were started close to a mine. In the early 1900's the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company started mines for the fuel source for their operations. These four mines were the Superior Mines. Even though the villages were named, they were commonly known as and referred to by the mine number. "Number One" was the only way to mention Eagarville if you wished for others to know what you meant. Gillespie has this heritage of the coal industry and it is shown in many ways. The local Chamber of Commerce has adopted the name "Coal Country Chamber of Commerce" and "Black Diamond Days" is a local celebration of coal that is held in the spring during the first weekend following Memorial Day. The Black Diamond logo can be seen on some building and at the entrance signs to the City of Gillespie. As a note of interest, the Village of Gillespie was incorporated as the City of Gillespie in 1907. In the sections below, I have tried to provide a brief description for the mines located in the near vicinity of Gillespie, Illinois, including some additional mine related information. The worst tragic occurrence that happens in mining is the death of a miner while at work. The causes can be of many different types from the gases that are likely to be present, fires, floods, dirt falls, slate falls, and coal falls either from the roof of the mine or at the face of the coal seam that is being mined. Machinery failures can also cause problems for the safety concerns of all the people employed in the mine. Some of the fatalities of this local area for the years 1884 - 1984 are listed : Mine Fatalities : | A - I | J - R | S - Z | A lot of things happen connected with the coal mining industry that can be called tragedies. Mine subsidence has caused many surface damages during the years that the mines were actively mining coal and continue to occur today.
Additional material including articles and photographs of miners, mining items, machinery, personal effects, and tools of the trade would be welcome. |
As recent as March 28, 2009, mine subsidence caused major damage to the Benld Elementary School. Some of the floors
settled over a foot and continued to sink further in the next few days, almost reaching a depth of two and a half feet.| Gillespie's First-Aid and Rescue Contests
Gillespie's Miners' Cooperative Store - 1st store of this type in Illinois Page 2 Coal Mines and Mining in other parts of Macoupin County Photo Tribute to the Coal Miners of Macoupin County, Illinois |
| BENLD, Illinois A village in the midst of several coal mines.
south of Gillespie, Illinois
CLYDE Mine aka Hornsby Mine Hornsby, Illinois east of Gillespie, Illinois DORSEY Mine Gillespie, Illinois GILLESPIE Mine Gillespie, Illinois
Gillespie, Illinois & Progressive Miners of America
Mt. Olive, IL. area mines - southeast of Gillespie, Illinois Consolidated No. 8 Mine Consolidated No. 9 Mine Consolidated No. 10 Mine Hoosier Mine Staunton, IL. area mines - south of Gillespie, Illinois Anchor Mine Consolidated No. 6 Mine Consolidated No. 14 Mine Henry Voge Mine Madison County Mt. Olive & Staunton No. 1 Mine Madison County Mt. Olive & Staunton No. 2 Mine Madison County Staunton No. 5 Mine Staunton No. 7 Mine Virden "Riot" Virden, Illinois north of Gillespie, Illinois | ||
Macoupin County
Southeast Quarter
Coal Mine Locations
Not to Scale
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The Clyde Mine or Hornsby Mine is located a few miles east of Gillespie, in Cahokia Township.
The legal description lists this as Macoupin County - Township 8 North, Range 6 West, Section 9, NE, NE, NW, According to mine notes this mine shaft was sunk by Henry Voge, probably in 1880 . There is not any knowledge of production prior to 1881. 1885 Coal Report10 Collieries in Macoupin County, Illinois St. Barnard Coal and Mining Company, Clyde, Hornsby P. O., Macoupin County, Illinois. This is the Yock mine at Clyde, Hornsby P. O., and will be now known as St. Barnard Coal and Mining Co. It is a machine mine, operating on an average six Yock coal cutting machines. A Duplex Yock compressor is used to supply air to the coal cutting machines. This shaft has a very bad roof, but is worked very successfully with the machines. Benjamin Yock, Manager. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dorsey Mine Gillespie, IL. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The second, if not the first mine, in Gillespie was located near the east border
of the village (now city) and was known as "Dorsey Mine", and was in Gillespie Township.
The mine was located on Walnut Street where the grain elevator used to be and where public housing now is. This is just to the east of the police department building and west of Bear Creek. The legal description lists this as Macoupin County - Township 8 North, Range 7 West, Section 13, SE, SE, SE, now being between Oak and Walnut streets to the east of Fulton Street. Further east is Clay Street, which was not in the Gillespie village limits at this time. An underground mine with a depth of 346 - 375 feet and an average coal seam thickness of 7½ feet, Note : An 1875 Plat Map of Gillespie shows the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago & St. Louis Railroad passing right by this location. It is shown as going in an eastwardly to westwardly direction halfway between Oak and Walnut Streets with the Depot being located on Macoupin Street approximately where City Hall is now located. 1883 Geological Survey of Illinois13 At Gillespie, in Macoupin county, a shaft has been sunk during the past year by B. L. Dorsey & Son, for the details of which I am indebted to Mr. Alexander Butters. Coal No. 5 was found here at the depth of about 365 feet, passing the following beds: . . . . . Bottom of coal 373 ft. 5 in. 1885 Coal Report10 Collieries in Macoupin County, Illinois Dorsey Coal Company, Gillespie, Macoupin County, Illinois. This shaft has not been worked since the 1st of March, owing to the strike in the Staunton district. The underground works are in good condition; ventilation good, secured by a Murphy fan. Ladders have not yet been put into the new escapement shaft, but a notice has been served on the company to have them supplied. S. Dorsey, Superintendent. A. Butters, Mine Manager. See : Biography of Alexander Butters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gillespie Mine Gillespie, IL. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The first, or second, mine, in Gillespie was located to the north and east of Gillespie under the area of what is now East Gillespie
and a very small part of Gillespie, and was in Cahokia Township. The legal description lists this as Macoupin County - Township 8 North, Range 6 West, Section 18, SW, NE, SW, According to The Staunton Times of February 26,1897, the mine shaft was sunk in 1880 by Henry Voge. There is not any knowledge of production prior to 1881. 1885 Coal Report10 Collieries in Macoupin County, Illinois Gillespie Coal and Mining Company, Gillespie, Macoupin County, Illinois. This shaft was worked very successfully up to the 1st of March, when it stopped, owing to the strike in the Staunton district, as is not in operation at present. Everything around the mine is in good order. The ventilation is good. The underground workings are in good order, and a Murphy fan is used for ventilation. O. F. McKinney, Superintendent. Wm. Opie, Mine Manager. 1897 Coal Report11 Consolidated Coal Company went to a considerable expense to get Gillespie Mine back into production. Eight hour shifts on a continual basis for for the eight and a half months it took to get the mine back to work. The workmen involved were able to accomplish this without any fatalities or casualties. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Some of the fatalities of the local area for the years 1884 - 1984 are listed : Mine Fatalities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gillespie Illinois Progressive Miners of America |
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In September of 1932, the founding convention of the Progressive Miners of America was held at the Colonial Theater in Gillespie, Illinois.
 Photograph Courtesy of : minewar.org In 1932, a newspaper "The Progressive Miner" and known as the "Official publication of the Progressive Mine Workers of America." began publishing in Gillespie, Illinois. Sometime in the next few years, the newspaper publication was relocated to Marissa, St. Clair County, Illinois and continued until 1957. First Headlines :  Photograph Courtesy of : minewar.org Smash The Terror In Franklin County NEW UNION LAUNCHED August 10, 1932 - BENLD, IL. -- Coal miners agreed to form The Progressive Mine Workers of America. August 14, 1932 - BENLD, IL. -- At a meeting of the miners, they voted to travel to Taylorville, Christian County, Illinois to shut down the the Peabody Coal Mine, where the miners there had agreed to going back to work by accepting the contract. August 19, 1932 - BENLD, IL. -- Fifteen hundred miners started for Taylorville, and were able to shut down the mine because the local miners refused to cross the picket lines. September 1, 1932 - GILLESPIE, IL. -- At the Colonial Theater, a convention, lasting three days, was held founding the Progressive Miners of America. This new union was representing approximately 30,000 coal miners. Claude Pearcy, of Gillespie, was the acting president and later became president of the union. William Keck was the acting secretary-treasurer. mid-February 1933 - GILLESPIE, IL. -- At the Colonial Theater, a Wage Scale convention was held by the Progressive Miners of America. Over 200 miner-delegates from throughout the state attended. May 1933 - GILLESPIE, IL. -- The Progressive Miners of America along with their Ladies Auxiliary held a rally at Gillespie Park for speakers trying to gain support for better labor conditions. June 1934 - GILLESPIE, IL. -- A picnic and large parade was held by the Progressive Miners of America with attendees from all over the state. The mealtime was enjoyed at Reservoir Park. September 1934 - GILLESPIE, IL. -- The second constitutional convention was held by the Progressive Miners of America at the Colonial Theater. February 1935 - GILLESPIE, IL. -- Gillespie was the location of a convention by the Progressive Mine Workers of America. Delegates from throughout the state attended. December 1946 - GILLESPIE, IL. -- John McCann, of Gillespie, was elected president of the Progressive Mine Workers of America. He will assume the duties of this office in February. Expanded Section - See :Progressive Miners of America Additional information : The Progressive Miners of America and the 1930's Illinois Mine War "No Backward Step" by Greg Boozell Mine Union Radicalism in Macoupin and Montgomery Counties by Victor Hicken - ©1997 Victor Hicken Frank Fries Memoir Coal Mining and Union Activities Project; Interview and memoir by Nick Cherniavsky & Barbara Herndon, 1973 Archives/Special Collections LIB 144, University of Illinois at Springfield Jack Battuello Memoir #1 Coal Mining and Union Activities Project; Interview and memoir by Nick Cherniavsky & Bobbie Herndon, 1982 Archives/Special Collections LIB 144, University of Illinois at Springfield |
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In February of 1921, the West Virginia Coal Company which was owned by John Henderson, opened offices in Gillespie, Illinois. With Mr. G. E. Urbain as the superintendent, a new mine was being sunk on the Louis Cordum property approximately three miles northeast of Gillespie. During June of 1921, building lots were being sold for the new town of Henderson. A vein of coal considered to be of about nine foot was struck in August of 1921. | ||||
| Kimberly Mine Henderson, IL. | ||||
| The legal description lists this as Macoupin County - Township 8 North, Range 6 West, Section 7, SE, NE, NE, which encompasses the area under Henderson and is in Cahokia Township. An underground mine with a depth of 386 feet and an average coal seam thickness of 9 feet, | ||||
| Some of the fatalities of the local area for the years 1884 - 1984 are listed : Mine Fatalities | ||||
| Little Dog Mine Gillespie, IL. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Photograph furnished by : Carol Ries  Photograph furnished by : Jill Secoy Little Dog Mine Gillespie, IL. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| During 1918/1919 The "Little Dog Coal Company" was began by Sam Westwood and was known as "Gillespie Coal Company". Sam M. Westwood was a resident of Staunton, Illinois in 1910. In 1945 C. V. Beck purchased the Little Dog Mine. See also : Clarence Beck & Little Dog Mine Memories by Nancy V. Beck The legal description lists this as Macoupin County - Township 8 North, Range 7 West, Section 13, 600 FSL, 100 FWL, NE, and is in Gillespie Township. An underground mine with a depth of 347 feet and an average coal seam thickness of 7 - 7½ feet, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Some of the fatalities of the local area for the years 1884 - 1984 are listed : Mine Fatalities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monterey No. 1 Mine Macoupin County, IL. | ||||
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| The legal description lists this as Macoupin County - Township 9 North, Range 7 West, Section 22, SE, NW, SW, which encompasses over 12,000 acres underground a few miles to the north of Gillespie, IL. in Brushy Mound Township. An underground mine with a depth of 300 - 330 feet and an average coal seam thickness of 6 2/3 - 7¼ feet, | ||||
| Some of the fatalities of the local area for the years 1884 - 1984 are listed : Mine Fatalities | ||||
| Shay Mine Macoupin County, IL. |
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| Monterey No. 1 Mine closed in the early part of 2009 and after being down for over 200 days; was reopened as Shay Mine, and in October of 2009 began producing coal. |
| Superior Coal Company Gillespie, Macoupin County, Illinois | ||||
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In 1902 the Superior Coal Company began to open mines in the area. The Superior Coal Company was owned by Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company, which had three of the largest coal mines in world for the first half of the twentieth century. At Mine No. 1 (Eagarvile), three of the houses. These homes were demolished during the mid 1990's 
"Number 1" was at Eagarville; opened August 1903 & closed in 1951 "Number 2" was at Sawyerville; opened October 1903 & closed in 1952 "Number 3" was at Mt Clare; opened in 1904 & closed in 1953 "Number 4" was at Wilsonville and it opened in 1916 & closed in 1954. | ||||
| 1904 Annual Coal Report 5
The Superior Coal Company, Gillespie, has opened up two new mines in Macoupin county,
designated as Nos. 1 and 2. Mine No. 1 is two miles southeast of Gillespie and No. 2 is three
and one-half miles south. Railroad connections are made to these mines by a branch road,
known as the Macoupin Mounty railroad, connecting at Greenridge with the C. & A. railroad, thence
south crossing the C. C. C & St. L. railroad at Gillespie and to the mines.
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| 1913 Annual Coal Report 8 Improvements The Superior Coal Company, Gillespie, Macoupin County, has made many important changes and additions to its equipment. On the surface, each plant has been repaired extensively, including a complete overhauling of boiler plants, compressors, repairing of the chutes and tipples and weighing apparatus. A new grade has been established in the railroad yards at each mine and the company has installed a Fairmont car retarder to handle the railroad cars over the scales while loading. This machine has proven to be very valuable, both for its efficiency and its complete control of a railroad car while loading. At No. 1 and No. 2 mines two large steel smoke stacks have been erected to take the place of two which had entirely given away. In connection with the machine shop equipment at Mine No. 3, there have been installed a complete Ox-Acetylene welding outfit, a combination shears and punch with 24-inch throat, and a turning lathe. At No. 3 mine a plant for making concrete blocks out of cinders and cement has been installed. These blocks are made in large quantities and taken into the mine for use in building mine stoppings, etc. A new 200 K. W. Westinghouse generator directly connected to an Ideal engine 20" x 20" with complete switchboard equipment for connections in parallel with the old generator of the same type has been installed at Mine No. 3. In the mines the parting extension necessary to keep the motors going close to the face has been made during the year, and many valuable changes in the haulage system and bottom arrangements made which have placed these mines far ahead of their previous records for tonnage. At No. 2 the rock was taken down from the roof and the bottom grade extended back about fifty feet, making a larger holding capacity for the bottom. At No. 3, on the east side of the bottom, the rock roof was taken down about 3 feet and the main overcast raised in proportion, and the tracks on that side of the mine elevated several feet, grading out to a plane upon which the motor will successfully throw its cars into the bottom without having to stop and push, which will mean quite a saving of time and permit this motor to go further in after tips. There have been added to the haulage equipment two Goodman 5-ton reel type gatering locomotives and one 15-ton ball-bearing armature Jeffery road motor with arc light and all the latest improvements. At No. 3 mine the compressed air machines have been entirely abandoned and the mine fully equipped with electric coal-cutting machines. five Sullivan short-wall type machines were purchased, three of which were put into No. 3 mine and two of them substituted for four chain breast machines of the Jeffery type at No. 2. The chain breast machines being made part of No. 3's equipment. This company has also, during the year, installed eight automatic trap doors. Two of them have been in operation for ten months and are working splendidly. The other six have been recently installed. It is the intention of the company to substitute these doors for the old-fashioned wooden doors as quickly as possible. In addition to the foregoing improvements, 275 mine cars have been added, stoppings rebuilt, and two overcasts have been erected at each mine. Interest has been maintained in First Aid and Rescue Work, and, in December, 1912, this company conducted, at its own expense, a contest in First Aid to the Injured, which placed it in the lead in First Aid Work. A valuable trophy was awarded and a splendid program rendered. Prominent mine men of the State and community were present. The company has during the past year, provided a supply of enameled steel signals, signifying danger, pointing the way to the surface, hands off, and adopted the Illinois Legal Code of Hoisting Signals. | ||||
1917 Annual Coal Report 7
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 Photograph furnished by : Jill Secoy Original Photograph taken by Frank J. Orso Superior Coal Company Mines Coal Washer located on Old Washer Road east of Gillespie | ||||
| 1907 Annual Coal Report 4
The coal passes at the mines through a bar screen one and a quarter inches apart. The loaded
cars are left standing in front of the washery on a double track having a down grade towards the washery.
This down grade of the tracks continues through the washey and beyond the track scales, so that the cars
are handled solely by gravity. The washery is built in two symmetrical halves, each independent of the other,
but arranged so that in case of break down one side can feed coal to the other side. The coal is taken
out of the cars by two car unloaders, one over each of the two tracks. Each of these unloaders has a
capacity of four cars an hour. The unloaders clean the cars perfectly, requiring very little hand shoveling.
Five men can operate one unloader and handle the cars easily. the cars are pulled against the unloader
by a double paper friction winch. Each unloader delivers the coal into the boot of an elevator, which conveys
it into a double bin situated above and to the right of the washing jigs. The bottom of these bins are
inclined towards the horizontal at an angle of forty-five degrees and are lined with heavy sheet steel so
that the coal slides by gravity into the jigs. The flow of coal is regulated by iron gates. The car unloaders
and coal elevator of each side are driven by manilla ropes attached to a 12 by 14 inch single engine.
In front of the coal bins are located the jigs, four on each side. In the jigs the coal is seperated from
the slate, sulphur and other impurities. These impurities being heavier than the coal, accumulate on
the bottom of the jigs and slide out of the jig boxes through the opening in front. Each opening can be
operated and regulated by gates. The impurities from the four jigs on one side slide into an elevator
located between the second and third jig. This elevator lifts the slate to an elevation where it slides
through a chute into a small slate bin located outside of the washery building. This slate bin is built
over a narrow gauge track on which a self dumping slate car is operated by means of endless wire
rope and hoisting engine.
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| Superior No. 1 Mine Eagarville, IL. | ||||
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| The legal description lists this as Macoupin County - Township 8 North, Range 6 West, Section 29, 1100 FSL, 1200 FEL, NW, which encompasses the area under Gillespie and east also under Eagarville, and was in Cahokia Township. An underground mine with a depth of 320 - 348 feet and an average coal seam thickness of 6½ - 9 feet, 1916 Annual Coal Report9 Improvements The Superior Coal Company at mine No. 1, has erected a concrete smokestack 195 feet high, which takes the place of six metal stacks; finished resetting of twelve boilers; painted all the buildings on the surface except the houses, and the contract has been let for this work and they will be painted in a short time; motor roads extended about 3,500 feet, and considerable narrow work has been driven using the same for air courses, which adds considerable to the ventilation. Gates have been put on the main ways to keep the men from coming out and coming in contact with moving cars on the bottom. | ||||
| Some of the fatalities of the local area for the years 1884 - 1984 are listed : Mine Fatalities | ||||
| Superior No. 2 Mine Sawyerville, IL. | ||||
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 It is postmarked on the back Dec. 6, 1900 and the message is written in Russian. Postcard furnished by : Kate Konneker Basso  Photograph furnished by : George Vincent Number 2 Mine Sawyerville, IL. | ||||
| The legal description lists this as Macoupin County - Township 7 North, Range 6 West, Section 6, 670 FSL, 120 FEL, NW, which encompasses the area to the south of Gillespie & Benld under Sawyerville, and was in Cahokia Township. An underground mine with a depth of 321 - 360 feet and an average coal seam thickness of 6½ - 8½ feet, 1916 Annual Coal Report9 Improvements The Superior Coal Company at mine No. 2, the company has erected a new concrete smokestack which takes the place of five metal ones. Also put in a new ash blower and a new electric pump and pump house at the reservoir; painted all buildings on the surface; placed a new steel crank on the right hand hoisting engine which makes the engines at all three mines equipped with cranks. The resetting of twelve boilers has been completed and motor haulage roads extended 4,000 feet. The hoisting shaft around the bottom has been retimbered and new bunting, curbing and guides put in throughout the shaft.. Gates have been placed on the main ways to keep the men from coming out in contact with moving cars while hoisting coal. The stairway and air shaft have been repaired; motor roads leveled and straightened, and 75 sets of roller bearing trucks placed under mine cars. | ||||
| Some of the fatalities of the local area for the years 1884 - 1984 are listed : Mine Fatalities | ||||
| Superior No. 3 Mine Mount Clare, IL. | ||||
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| The legal description lists this as Macoupin County - Township 8 North, Range 7 West, Section 36, 500 FNL, 440 FWL, NW, which encompasses the area to the south and west of Gillespie under Mount Clare, and was in Gillespie Township. An underground mine with a depth of 340 - 350 feet and an average coal seam thickness of 6 - 9 1/3 feet, | ||||
1905 Annual Coal Report 6 Prospective Mines The Superior Coal Co., Gillespie, Macoupin County, is sinking a new shaft designated as No. 3, at a point three miles southeast of Gillespie, on the line of its own road, the Macoupin County Railroad. The company expects to reach the coal (Mt. Olive seam) about September 1st next. The depth of the shaft will be 335 feet; the size of the main shaft is 9 by 17 feet; the air shaft is 9 x 15 feet. The equipment will be a hoisting engine 24 by 36 inches, with 7-foot straight drum; a brick boiler and engine house, with steel trusses and slate roof. The blacksmith and repair shop is 26 by 60 feet; the building the same as the power house. Two air compressors will be installed, capacity 1,840 cubic feet per minute; the engine to be placed will be of 1,200 horse power, with two tubular boilers 72 inches in diameter by 18 feet long; seventy 4-inch tubes in each boiler. the coal will be mined by machines, operated by compressed air; self-dumping cages and 2½-ton mine cars will be used. A brick stack 125 in height has been built; the base is 13 feet 4 inches square and 8 feet 6 inches at the top, the internal diameter is 6 feet and is lined with fire brick. Two 70-foot track scales will be installed. The company now has twenty-five dwelling houses erected, and the Hillsboro Building and Loan Company is building twenty-five more houses. the location of the shaft is very good, as little grading for yard work will be required. The houses for the men and families are located where there is a very fine view of the surrounding country and a good location for a town. 1916 Annual Coal Report9 Improvements The Superior Coal Company at mine No. 3, two new steel cranks were put on the hoisting engine; a new belt coal conveyor for boiler room installed, all buildings on the surface painted, the shaft bottom reinforced with concrete arched piers; the motor haulage on the various entries extended about 6,000 feet; opened up some abandoned entries and made air courses out of some which adds greatly to the ventilation. Three new automatic doors were installed and motor roads straightened and retied. The hopper scales and the coal chutes and hoppers at all three mines and the washer have been remodeled. | ||||
| Some of the fatalities of the local area for the years 1884 - 1984 are listed : Mine Fatalities | ||||
| Superior No. 4 Mine Wilsonville, IL. | ||||
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 Postcard furnished by : George Vincent  Photo from 1943 Annual Coal Report12 Number 4 Mine Wilsonville, IL. | ||||
| The legal description lists this as Macoupin County - Township 7 North, Range 7 West, Section 10, 30 FSL, 910 FWL, NW, which encompasses the area to the southwest of Gillespie & Benld under Wilsonville, and was in Dorchester Township. An underground mine with a depth of 307 - 314 feet and an average coal seam thickness of 6 - 8½ feet,On Monday March 20, 1917, the sinking of this coal mine began under the direction of Guy Lyons on the Joe Gahagan farm in Section 10 of Dorchester Township of Macoupin County, Illinois. This location was decided after drilling a number of test holes. | ||||
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| Some of the fatalities of the local area for the years 1884 - 1984 are listed : Mine Fatalities | ||||
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A town in the southeast portion of Macoupin County, Illinois in Mt. Olive Township and is located at 39° 4' 21 North & 89° 45' 51 West. White City had a population of 221 as listed in the 2000 United States Census. Buildings used at the St. Louis, Missouri World's Fair held in 1904, were taken down and the construction materials were shipped to White City for use as housing. The all white houses is where the name for the community came from. White City was incorporated as the "Village of White City" in 1907. Number 15 Coal Mine provided free electricity for White City's residents while in operation. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bell & Zoller Number 15 Mine | ||||||||||||||||||||
The legal description lists this as Macoupin County - Township 7 North, Range 6 West, Section 9, NE, NW, NE, and was in Mt. Olive Township.This was an underground mine with a depth of 387 feet and an average coal seam thickness of 7 - 7½ feet.The last reported production was in May 1951. [Source - No. 2, Index 68] 1904 Annual Coal Report 5 The Consolidated Coal Co. of St. Louis. Mo., is sinking a new shaft two miles west of Mt. Olive. Macoupin County. This mine, when completed, will be known as No. 15. A spur will be run from the Wabash railroad to the mine. 1905 Annual Coal Report 6 The Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, Mo., has put in operation during the year a new mine, one and a half miles west of Mount Olive, in Macoupin County; a spur from the Wabash railroad, a distance of 13,200 feet runs to the mine; this mine will be known as No. 15. Coal was reached in both hoisting and air shaft Nov. 2, 1904. The size of both shafts is 8 feet 10 inches by 15 feet 6 inches, and timbered with 8 inch curbing. The depth to the top of the coal is 362 feet. the coal seam is seven feet eight inches thick. Entries are driven from the bottom of the main shaft a distance of 400 feet; both shafts are connected and a substantial stairway is constructed in the air shaft for escapement. An eight foot Murphy fan has been installed to furnish ventilation and a wooden tower is being constructed with self dumping cages and shaker screens. Four boilers have been installed, each 72 inches in diameter by 18 feet long, containing 70 four inch tubes. Each boiler is rated at 175-horse power. A straight Sullivan air compressor is installed to furnish power for the coal cutting machines; punching machines are to be used. The hoisting engines are 24 x 36 inches. The engine room, compressor room, tipple and boiler house are constructed with corrugated iron. A 30,000-gallon water tank, and a coal washer having a capacity of 100 tons per hour have been installed. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Consolidated No. 8 Mine
Consolidated No. 9 Mine
Consolidated No. 10 Mine
Hoosier Mine
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The legal description lists this as Macoupin County, and was in Mt. Olive Township. - Main Shaft located :Township 7 North, Range 6 West, South, Section 11, NW NE SW The Air Shaft was located at : Township 7 North, Range 6 West, South, Section 2, SW SE SE This was an underground mine with a depth of 400 - 440 feet and an average coal seam 1904 Annual Coal Report 5 At this company's [The Consolidated Coal Co. of St. Louis, Mo.] No. 8 mine. Mount Olive. Macoupin County, a new tower has been built, also a tipple-hoist with shaker screens and dump cages: three new boilers, each 72 inches in diameter by 18 feet long, rated at 157-horse power, have been put in. The mine tracks have been relaid with 30-pound rails: a l00 K. V. generator has been installed with two ten-ton electric motors for mine haulage. 1905 Annual Coal Report 6 Improvements In Mines At mine No. 8, located at Mt. Olve, Macoupin County, owned by the Consolidated Coal Co., a new wooden tipple has been constructed; self-dumping cages and shaker screens have also been introduced. Two John O'Brien boilers, 72 inches by 18 feet have been installed, each boiler having 70 four-inch tubes and rated at 157 horse-power. There have also been installed one 250 K. W. generator of the general electric type. The main east and west entries, also the 14th south on the east side have been laid with 30-pound steel rails. Two 10-ton general electric mine motors have also been put in operation; pneumatic signals have been put in are now in operation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note : The Air Shaft located in Section 2 of Mt. Olive Township was used as the Main Shaft for Consolidated No. 9 Mine, and was also used as the Air Shaft for Consolidated No. 10 Mine. 1885 Coal Report10 Collieries in Macoupin County, Illinois Ellsworth Coal Company, No. 9 and 10 Colliery, Mt. Olive, Macoupin County, Illinois. These mines worked very steadily up to March 1, 1885, when the yearly contract of the miners expired. The mines were stopped until the 8th of June, 1885. The underground works have all been remodeled from single to double entry and the hauling tracks have been reconstructed. A considerable length of double track has been extended in main and lateral entries. The underground works are in very good shape for a rapid movement of coal. The furnace is still used for the ventilation of the mines, but it is the intention of the company, when Nos. 8 and 9 are connected with each other underground, to put in a large fan to ventilate all three of the shafts, Nos. 8, 9 and 10. The fan is to be located at No. 9, or the middle shaft as they now stand. F. R. Fisher, Superintendent. Wm. D. Golden, Mine Manager. |
| Consolidated No. 9 Mine southeast of Gillespie, IL. at Mt. Olive, IL. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The legal description lists this as Macoupin County, Township 7 North, Range 6 West, South, Section 2, and was in Mt. Olive Township. This was an underground mine with a depth of 416 feet and an average coal seam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consolidated No. 10 Mine southeast of Gillespie, IL. at Mt. Olive, IL. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The legal description lists this as Macoupin County, and was in Mt. Olive Township. - Main Shaft located :Township 7 North, Range 6 West, South, Section 2, NE SE SE The Air Shaft was located at : Township 7 North, Range 6 West, South, Section 2, SW SE SE This was an underground mine with a depth of 420 - 431 feet and an average coal seam 1904 Annual Coal Report 5 At the [The Consolidated Coal Co. of St. Louis, Mo.] No. 10 mine. Mount Olive new boilers have been put in. each boiler is 72 inches in diameter by 18 feet long, rated at 150-horse power. A Sullivan air compressor has also been installed, a steam cylinder 34 inches in diameter, a high pressure cylinder 16 inches in diameter, and a lower pressure cylinder 26 inches in diameter. 1905 Annual Coal Report 6 Improvements In Mines At mine No. 10, also located at Mt. Olive, Macoupin County, owned by the Consolidated Coal Co., two John O'Brien boilers, 72 inches by 18 feet, with 70 four-inch tubes; they are rated at 157 horse-power. An overcast has been constructed in the west entry into the 6th, 11th, 15th north entries. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hoosier Mine southeast of Gillespie, IL. at Mt. Olive, IL. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The legal description lists this as Macoupin County - Township 7 North, Range 6 West, South, Section 1, and was in Mt. Olive Township.This was an underground mine with a depth of 420 - 435 feet and an average coal seam 1913 Annual Coal Report 8 Improvements The Madison Coal Corporation has made the following improvements at No. 5 mine, Mt. Olive. A rescue station has been built on the surface to take care of the injured and to keep rescue apparatus in; also installed, on the surface, one endless tail rope electric car-puller with 4,000 feet of rope connected and can now move the railroad cars, either empty or loaded, in winter as easily as in summer; a Nicholson automatic stop, with steam reverse, on hoisting engine, to prevent over-winding should anything happen to the engineer while hoisting men, has been installed; rebuilt track scales and used large "I" beams instead of timber for the main bearings; also installed twelve automatic mine doors, made by the American Mine Door Co., of Canton, Ohio; these doors open by the motor or mule trips and are a good door for ventilation and safety. They are so arranged that men traveling along the entries do not go through these doors but, instead, go through door erected on the side for that purpose. Above this traveling door is a white light on each side, which signifies safety, and above the haulage door is a red light on each side, which signifies danger. Considerable concreting around the bottom of the shaft for fire protection has been done. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Anchor Mine south of Gillespie, IL. between Mt. Olive, IL. & Staunton, IL. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The legal description lists this as Macoupin County, and was in Mt. Olive Township. - Main Shaft located :Township 7 North, Range 6 West, South, Section 15, NW SW SE The Air Shaft was located at : Township 7 North, Range 6 West, South, Section 15, SW NW SE This was an underground mine with a depth of 380 - 382 feet and an average coal seam 1885 Coal Report10 Collieries in Macoupin County, Illinois Anchor Coal Company, Mt. Olive, Macoupin County, Illinois. This shaft has only worked about half the time during the year. The escapement shaft has been finished and ladders put in from bottom to top. There is an extensive plant here for mining coal by machinery. The coal cutting machines have not been used during the year; all mining has been done by hand. The colliery is now stopped with the strike in the Staunton district, and will not start up until fall. Wm. Giles, Superintendent. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The legal description lists this as Macoupin County, and was in Staunton Township. - Main Shaft located :Township 7 North, Range 6 West, South, Section 32, NW NE SW The Air Shaft was located at : Township 7 North, Range 6 West, South, Section 32, NW NE SW The Escape Shaft was located at : Township 7 North, Range 6 West, South, Section 29, SE SW SE The Escape Shaft was formerly the Main Shaft for Staunton No. 5 Mine This was an underground mine with a depth of 309 - 325 feet and an average coal seam 1 History of Macoupin County, 1911, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois. 1885 Coal Report10 Collieries in Macoupin County, Illinois Ellsworth Coal Company, No. 6 Colliery, Staunton, Macoupin County, Illinois. This is the banne colliery of the Ellsworth Coal Co., but owing to the strike in the Staunton district the output fell considerably short this year. The mine is well ventilated by a six foot Murphy fan, having a split for each of the entries. Overcasts are put in for each set of entries, carrying the return air over the intake air. The manager has introduced water gauges on the two main splits at the bottom of the downcast to give the drag of the air in the mine. Everything above and below shows good management. J. D. Crabb, Superintendent. J. P. Hebensteit, Mine Manager. 1905 Annual Coal Report 6 Improvements In Mines At mine No. 6, Staunton, Macoupin County, owned by the Consolidated Coal Co., there has been installed one John O'Brien boiler, 6 x 18 feet with 70 four-inch tubes rated at 157-horse power. Pipes have been placed for pneumatic signals, but are not yet in operation on account of air chambers not being received. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consolidated No. 14 Mine south of Gillespie, IL. near Staunton, IL. | |||||||||||||||
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The legal description lists this as Macoupin County, and was in Staunton Township. - Main Shaft located :Township 7 North, Range 6 West, South, Section 30, SW NW SE The Air Shaft was located at : Township 7 North, Range 6 West, South, Section 30, SW NW NE This was an underground mine with a depth of 276 - 325 feet and an average coal seam 1904 Annual Coal Report 5 The Consolidated Coal Co. of St. Louis. Mo., has opened out a new coal mine one and one-half miles west of Staunton. Macoupin County. This mine will be known as No. 14: connected with the mine will be a spur switch from the Wabash railroad. The main or hoisting shaft is 8 feet 10 inches by 15 feet 6 inches in the clear, and is 284 feet deep: the air shaft is of the same size, with five feet taken from one end for a stairway and escapement. The tower frames are of wood, covered with galvanized iron. The boiler, compressor, dynamo and engine houses are built of brick with fire proof roofing: there are four boilers, each 72 inches in diameter and 18 feet long. Each boiler is rated at 163 horse power. The hoisting engines are double first motion, each cylinder 24 inches in diameter with 36 inches stroke. An Ingersol- Sergeant compressor has been put in. steam cylinder 18x24 inches. Dump cages and shaker screens have been put in. A large washery has been built with a Smith box-car loader. The coal seam is No. 5 of the general section, and is seven feet thick. The underground works are laid out with a view of having a large output when the mine is fully developed. 1905 Annual Coal Report 6 Improvements In Mines The Consolidated Coal Co. at its mine No. 14, Staunton, Macoupin County, has made extensive improvements, A washery has been constructed, the capacity being near 100 tons per hour. A Smith gravity box-car loader has been introduced; one John O'Brien boiler has been put in, 72 inches by 18 feet, with 70 four-inch tubes, rated at 157 horse-power.. A 22-foot Duncan fan has been constructed; a 100 K. W. generator has been installed for the purpose of lighting the washery, pumping, etc. A stairway in the air shaft has been built to be used as an escapement. | |||||||||||||||
| Some of the fatalities of the local area for the years 1884 - 1984 are listed : Mine Fatalities | |||||||||||||||
| Staunton No. 5 Mine south of Gillespie, IL. near Staunton, IL. One of the first Coal Mines in the Staunton, IL area. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The legal description lists this as Macoupin County, and was in Staunton Township. - Main Shaft located :Township 7 North, Range 6 West, South, Section 29, SE SW SE The Air Shaft was located at : Township 7 North, Range 6 West, South, Section 29, NW SE SE This was an underground mine with a depth of 325 feet and an average coal seam 1 1875 Atlas of Macoupin County, Illinois and the State of Illinois, published by Warner & Beers, Chicago, Illinois 2 Staunton in Illinois by: Kilduff, Mary Dorrell, 1988 1885 Coal Report10 Collieries in Macoupin County, Illinois Ellsworth Coal Company, No. 5 Colliery, Staunton, Macoupin County, Illinois. There have been some improvements made here during the year. Two extra boilers have been put in with an improved heater. A brick smokestack has been built, a large reservoir has been constructed to collect surface water for boiler feed and general improvements were made during the miners' strike. The underground workings are in good shape. Ventilation is good. A friction gearing has been erected connecting with the engine that runs revolving screens for drawing the cars along the branches to the screens, doing away with mule power. The tail rope, or endless rope, could be economically used in this mine, as the working faces are a considerable distance from the shaft. The entries are all driven double to secure good ventilation and the better working of the coal, and every possible opportunity is taken to split the air. This mine is very successfully managed, and in amount of output is the second mine in the district. J. D. Crabb, Superintendent. W. R. Morris, Mine Manager. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The legal description lists this as Macoupin County, and was in Staunton Township. - Main Shaft located :Township 7 North, Range 6 West, South, Section 21, SW SW SE The Air Shaft was located at : Township 7 North, Range 6 West, South, Section 21, SE SW SE This was an underground mine with a depth of 350 - 355 feet and an average coal seam 1885 Coal Report10 Collieries in Macoupin County, Illinois Ellsworth Coal Company, No. 7 Colliery, Staunton, Macoupin County, Illinois. This shaft has not much during the year owing to a crush in the mine. The crush closed both the hoisting and escapement shafts. The west side has been opened up and work begun by hand mining, the shaft being originally a machine mine. J. D. Crabb, Superintendent. John Reese, Mine Manager. 1904 Annual Coal Report 5 The Consolidated Coal Co. of St. Louis, Mo. , has made several improvements at its No. 7 mine, at Staunton. Macoupin County. A new tower has been erected, also a tipple-house built, with self-dumping and shaker screens: a new fan 22 feet in diameter has been put in. The mine tracks have been relaid with 30-pound rails. It is intended to introduce mechanical haulage. Two ---horse power boilers have been installed. 1905 Annual Coal Report 6 Improvements In Mines At mine No. 7, Staunton, Macoupin County, owned by the Consolidated Coal Co., there has been constructed a new wooden tipple with self-dumping cages and shaker screens. The 8-foot Murphy fan has been removed, and a 32-foot Duncan fan put in its place. Two John O'Brien boilers, 6 x 18 feet, with 70 4-inch tubes have been installed. The mail haulage ways have been relaid with 30-pound steel rails, taking the place of the 12-pound rails; this improvement is made with a few of putting in electric haulage. the foundation of the hoisting engine has been renewed; an iron hoisting drum has been put in, replacing one made of wood. Pipes have been placed for pneumatic signals, and will be in operation in a short time. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 1869, Henry Voge sank this shaft, but operation of this mine is unknown. The legal description lists this as Macoupin County, Township 7 North, Range 7 West, Section 25; which is in Dorchester Township just to the west of Consolidated No. 14 Mine's location in Section 30 of Staunton Township.
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| Virden "Riot" of 1898 Virden, IL. furnished by Littleton P. Bradley |
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It seems that in 1898, a WANTED call went out to Alabama for "175
good colored miners for Virden, Illinois." The response resulted in a
riot in Virden. Eight miners and five guards were killed.
A book entitled "Remember Virden, 1898" was published. Here is part of paragraph from that book: quote: Late last night the word was passed to every mining town in the (Chicago and Alton Railroad) district that a trainload of negroes had been sidetracked in Centralia and transferred from passenger coaches to boxcars. Three Gillespie miners walked all the way to Carlinville to warn the local men. Every man as he started to work this morning was approached by a member of the antification committee: "No work today---Negroes---Virden." was the warning. "All right be ready in a moment," came the instant response and in a short time, 40 Carlinville miners were on their way to Virden. Thus is all over the district. Mt. Olive sent 200 headed by General Bradley (no relation of mine LPB). Staunton sent 200. Over 150 from Gillespie...Chatham, Auburn, Girard, Green Ridge, Nilwood, and Litchfield sent large delegations, and every bit of track running into Virden is being patrolled north and south for miles. |
| Battle of Virden 1898 Coal Miners Riot  Photograph by : Marie Hinton
Monument located in Virden, Illinois |
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The above sections are only a brief look at the coal industry in the Gillespie, IL. area. Further information, if available,
will be added.
Some of the above data was obtained from : Illinois State Geological Survey 615 East Peabody Drive Champaign, IL. 61820 1). Coal Mines in Illinois, Gillespie North Quadrangle 2). Coal Mines in Illinois, Gillespie South Quadrangle 3). Coal Mines in Illinois, Mt. Olive Quadrangle 4). Twenty-Sixth Annual Coal Report of the Illinois Bureau of LABOR STATISTICS, 1907, also the Ninth Annual Report of the Illinois Free Employment Offices, for the Year Ended September 30, 1907, David Ross, Secretary; Springfield, Springfield, ILL.; Phillips Bros., State Printers, 1908 5). Twenty-Third Annual Coal Report of the Illinois Bureau of LABOR STATISTICS, 1904, also the Sixth Annual Report of the Illinois Free Employment Offices, for the Year Ended October 1, 1904, David Ross, Secretary; Springfield, Springfield: Illinois State Journal, State Printers, 1906 6). Twenty-Fourth Annual Coal Report of the Illinois Bureau of LABOR STATISTICS, 1905, also the Seventh 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 7). 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 8). Thirty-Second Annual Coal Report of Illinois State Mining Board Printed by authority of the State of Illinois Springfield, ILL.: Illinois State Journal Co., State Printers, 1914 9). Thirty-Fifth Annual Coal Report of Illinois State Mining Board Printed by authority of the State of Illinois Springfield, ILL.: Illinois State Journal Co., State Printers, 1916 10). Statistics of Coal In Illinois 1885 A Supplemental Report State Bureau of Labor Statistics Reports of Mine Inspectors For the Year Ended July1, 1885 Springfield, ILL; H. W. Roker, State Printer and Binder, 1885 11). Sixteenth Annual Report of the State Bureau of Labor Statistics Coal in Illinois, 1897 Springfield, ILL; Phillips Bros. State Printers, 1898 12). Sixty Second Coal Report of Illinois, 1943 Department of Mines and Minerals Printed by authority of the State of Illinois 13). Geological Survey of Illinois; A. H. Worthen, Director Volume VII, Geology & Paleontology, by A. H. Worthen, Orestes St. John and S. A. Miller with an addenda by Charles Wachsmuth and H. H. Harris Illustrated by Julius Mayer & Co., Boston, Mass. Published by the authority of the Legislature of Illinois, May 1883 |
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