Mine Index Number: 3593
| Company Name:
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McKinley Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Summerfield Mine
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| Start Date:
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pre 1874
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End Date:
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1890
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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2 The source map for this mine is a secondary source map, and indicates that the workings are only approximate. Production indicates about 15 acres were mined.
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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 6W
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27
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NE SE NW
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| Escapement The Coal Report of 1888 indicated a 300-foot deep escapement shaft had been completed. The location of this shaft is not known.
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St. Clair
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2N 6W
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27
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Geology
| Herrin
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180-285
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4.0-5.0
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RPB
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| John Wingler
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Summerfield
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pre1874-1883
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12,380 Production and ownership prior to 1883 unknown. The Coal Report of 1883 indicates 15 acres mined.
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| Fisher and Harrison
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Summerfield
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1883-1884
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1,700 The inspector noted in the Coal Report of 1884 that this mine had changed hands three times. These owners are unknown. The production reported may not include all the tonnage mined under these unknown operators.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| WPA, T2N-R6W
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1935
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1:12000
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1:54340
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness.
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| WPA map, T2N-R6W - Shaft locations, approximate workings.
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| 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County - Years of operation.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Atlas:
Map Date: 1874
Coal Co.: Summerfield Coal Company
Mine Name: Summerfield Mine
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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WPA
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| Map ID:
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T2N-R6W
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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1935
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| Map Status:
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Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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The outline was labeled "approximate workings".
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| More Info:
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M3593 wpa geo
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/st clair/m3593 wpa geo.zip
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Photographs
Additional Notes
