Mine Index Number: 0201
Company Name:
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Consolidated Coal Company
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Mine Name:
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Consolidated No. 17 Mine
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Start Date:
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1905
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End Date:
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1927
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Type of Mine:
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Underground
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Total acres shown:
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1,343
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Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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Main shaft
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St. Clair
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2N 8W
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10
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2340 FNL, 2140 FWL
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Air shaft
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St. Clair
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2N 8W
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10
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SE SE NW
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Geology
Herrin
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210-228
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6.5
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8.0
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6.5
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RPP
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Geological Problems Reported
The black shale roof (½ inch to 4 feet thick) required timbering, but was thin in the northern part of the mine. Some slips were present in some areas in the coal, making it unminable. The floor clay heaved badly in one location, but generally gave no problem.
Production
Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
Company
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1927
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.
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Company map - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Thickness, depth, seam, mine type, shaft locations, geologic problems.
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Federal Land Bank Report (St. Clair County) - Depth.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs