Union Colliery Company

Union Colliery Company
Industrymining
FoundedSt. Louis
SuccessorEast St. Louis Light and Power
Productscoal

The Union Colliery Company was a bituminous coal mining company based in St. Louis Missouri. The company had branch offices in Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha, Wisconsin, as well as Detroit, Michigan.[1] [2]

The company was acquired in 1937 by East St. Louis Light and Power.[3] This company eventually became Union Electric Company.[4][5] It remained a subsidiary until ceasing operations in June, 1958.[6]

Mines

The company operated the following mines:


See also

  • Coal companies of the United States
  • Coal mining in the United States

References

  1. ^ a b Wayne Hinton. "Illinois Coal & Coal Mining History & Genealogy". Archived from the original on October 5, 2018.
  2. ^ Christopher Stratton, Floyd Mansberger, Heather Stanley (2004). Kathleen Mine Tipple (PDF). Illinois Department of Natural Resources.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "UTILITY DEAL APPROVED; East St. Louis Light and Power to Acquire Union Colliery Shares". The New York Times. May 29, 1937.
  4. ^ "Union Electric Company | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  5. ^ Moody's Manual of Railroads and Corporation Securities, Volume 3. Moody Publishing Company. 1921. p. 2364.
  6. ^ "Securities and Exchange Commission News Digest" (PDF). April 6, 1958.