Mine Index 3496 Dutch Hollow Coal Company, Birkner Mine

Mine Index Number: 3496

Company Name:	Dutch Hollow Coal Company
Mine Name:	Birkner Mine
Start Date:	before 1874	End Date:	1889
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	30
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 The Birkner Mine was connected underground to the Excelsior Mine (mine index 4330).

St. Clair

1N 8W

6

SE SE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

130-135

6.0-7.0

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Edward Avery and Company (add)	Birkner (add)	pre1874-1883 Production prior to 1882 is not known. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 21 acres were mined.	25,260

Dutch Hollow Coal Company (add)	Birkner (add)	1883-1884	12,000

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Birkner (add)	1884-1889	none The Coal Report of 1889 indicates this mine was abandoned, owned by Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis. No production reported under this name.

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_221

2-2-1930

1:2400

1:2400

Secondary source

Atlas of St. Clair County, Illinois

1874

1:36205

1:36205

Secondary source

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.

State archive, IL_221, map of Valley Mine (mine index 3615) - Shaft locations, mine outline, method.

Atlas of St. Clair County, Illinois, 1874, Warner & Beers, Chicago, Illinois - Years of operation.