0867

Mine Index Number: 0867

Company Name:	Breese-Trenton Mining Company
Mine Name:	Trenton Mine or West Mine
Start Date:	1905	End Date:	1912
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	180 The area shown is too large for the production shown by the map date. The map may have been updated after 1910 without designation; the area is large enough to encompass the entire production. If this is not the case, an additional 100 to 150 acres were mined after the map date.
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

St. Clair

2N 6W

25

NE SE NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

2N 6W

25

NE SE NE

Geology

		Thickness (ft)
Seam	Depth (ft)	Min	Max	Ave	Mining Method

Herrin

320-345

4.5-5.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Breese-Trenton Mining Company (add)	Trenton, West (add)	1905-1910	479,283

Breese-Trenton Mining Company (add)	Trenton, West (add)	1910-1912	494,151 Production after map date

Total Production: 973,434

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351129

5-1910

1:2400

1:4800

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Microfilm map, document 351129, reel 03134, frame 264, 265 - Mine outline, shaft locations, mining method.