Little Sister Coal Mine, St David, Illinois






Another coal mine that went out of business before my time was the Little Sister Coal mine just south acrossed Route 100 from Saint  David, Illinois. Online about the only information I found about it was the years and company names.  This mine operated  from 1935 up until 1967.  The mine from 1935-1944 was under the comapny  Central States Collieries and the mine name was Little Sister and would remain the mine name up until it's last day in 1967.  From 1944 til 1965 it was under the company hand of Little Sister Coal Company before Truax Traer Coal Company took over in 1966 and operated it until 1967 when the mine closed.  It employed quite a few people over the years.  It also seen rail activity as well as they had a spur that came off the CB&Q line  that crossed the road over to this mine.  It apperas there may have been several tracks here and probably has several railroad chutes to load coal into the hoppers over several tracks. 

 I do know this this coal company shipped coal from CB&Q who would take it down to Liverpool to a barge dock just south of Liverpool.  This spur to Liverpool was abandoned by Burlington Northern in 1983 so obviously other mines shipped after they closed for a time.  Unless another company which I haven't seen yet took over Little Sisters and ran it for a while the Little Sister's closed for good in 1967 three years before CB&Q merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad.
This is pretty much all i know about the mine information wise but i'm well aware of it's location.

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