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|Mine Name Header=Orchard Mine
|Mine Name Header=Orchard Mine
|mine_type=Underground
|mine_type=Underground
|mined-out-area=None {{#info: Production indicates approximately one acre was mined.|note}}
|mined-out-area=None
|indicated=No
|after_map=1
|indicated=Yes
|county1=St. Clair
|county1=St. Clair
|quad1=Freeburg
|quad1=Freeburg

Latest revision as of 19:38, October 1, 2022

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: St. Clair unlocated
County: St. Clair
Quadrangle: Freeburg
County Coal Data: St. Clair
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 3562

Company Name: Orchard Coal Company
Mine Name: Orchard Mine
Start Date: 1936 End Date: 1937
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: None
Production Indicated Acres: 1 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main shaft St. Clair 1S 7W 7 SE SE NW

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Herrin 200 7.0

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Wilson Coal Company Wilson 1936-1936 7,601
Orchard Mine Orchard 1937-1937 360
Total Production: 7,961

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Mined-Out Area 27 1950 1:62500 1:62500 Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, thickness, depth.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
ISGS compilation map, Mined-Out Area 27 - Shaft location.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs