Mine Index 3601 Abbey Coal and Mining Company, Abbey No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3601

Company Name:	Abbey Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Abbey No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	before 1882	End Date:	1886
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	83
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:	160

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Springwell shaft

St. Clair

2N 8W

4

NE NE SW

Bartlett shaft

St. Clair

2N 8W

4

SE SW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

97-140

6.0-7.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Abbey Coal and Mining Company (add)	Abbey No. 1 (add)	pre1882-1886	218,763 Production and ownership prior to 1882 unknown. The source map refers to one shaft as the “Bartlett shaft”, indicating that Bartlett Coal Company may have been a previous owner. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 43 acres mined.

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company map

4-11-1924

1:2400

1:2400

Secondary source

Federal Land Bank Report

6-1934

1:126720

1:126720

Secondary source The Federal Land Bank Report also indicated that the area north of Abbey No. 1, west of Abbey No. 4 (mine index 3600) and south of Abbey No. 3 (mine index 2769) was mined. This area is shown as a general area of mining on the accompanying map.

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Old Ben archive collection, map of Consolidated Coal Company Mine No. 17 (mine index 201) - Mine outline (northern, eastern and southern), shaft locations, mining method.

Federal Land Bank Report - Mine outline (western).