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===Geological Problems Reported=== | ===Geological Problems Reported=== |
Revision as of 16:02, January 22, 2021
Mine Index Number: 4296
Company Name: | Donk Brothers | ||
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Mine Name: | National Mine | ||
Start Date: | before 1881 | End Date: | 1897 |
Type of Mine: | Underground | ||
Total acres shown: | 5 | ||
Acres after map date: | 27 | General Area of mining acres shown: | |
Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
Type | County | Township-Range | Section | Part Section |
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Main shaft | St. Clair | 1N 8W | 28 | SW SE NE |
Air shaft | St. Clair | 1N 8W | 28 | SW SE NE |
Geology
Thickness (ft) | |||||
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Seam | Depth (ft) | Min | Max | Ave | Mining Method |
Herrin | 40-83 | 6.0-6.5 | RPB, HERThe Coal Report of 1897 included a paragraph on this mine, stating that the pillars had been robbed to such an extent that a "general squeeze was induced, resulting in a cave-in under a small creek", which resulted in a great deal of water in the mine, flooding this mine and an adjacent slope mine. (The adjacent mine is unknown.) |
Geological Problems Reported
Production
Company | Mine Name | Date | Production (tons) |
John Maule | Maule | pre1881-1883 | 6,000 Production and ownership prior to 1883 are not known. The Coal Report of 1883 indicates 20 acres were mined. |
John Maule | National | 1889-1896 Abandoned mine reopened with new air shaft. | 151,101 Production after map date |
Donk Brothers | National | 1896-1897 | 9,636 Production after map date |
Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
Source Map | Map Date | Original Scale | Digitized Scale | Map Type |
Microfilm, document 350997 | 1885 | 1:1200 | 1:1200 | Not final |
Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness. |
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation. |
Microfilm map, document 350997, reel 03134, frame 67 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method. |
Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs