Mine Index 3613 Edgemont Coal Company, Edgemont Mine

Mine Index Number: 3613

Company Name:	Edgemont Coal Company
Mine Name:	Edgemont Mine
Start Date:	1889	End Date:	1941
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	88
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Buxton/Charleton drift

St. Clair

2N 9W

35

NW SW NW

"Ziska" drift

St. Clair

2N 9W

35

SE NW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

50-80

5.0-6.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

James Charleton (add)	Charleton No. 2 (add)	1889-1899	19,353 Operation between 1899 and 1914 unknown (may have been idled or abandoned)

Mueller and Buxton (add)	Mueller and Buxton (add)	1914-1916	2,332

John Buxton (add)	Buxton Drift (add)	1916-1917	2,280

L. Senior (add)	Senior (add)	1917-1919	7,034

Barton-Senior Coal Company (add)	Barton-Senior (add)	1919-1922	29,117 Production not reported in 1922.

Victoria Coal Company (add)	Victoria, Buxton Drift (add)	1922-1928	156,091

Edgemont Coal Company (add)	Edgemont (add)	1928-1941	304,478

Total Production: 520,685

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351083

2-7-1942

1:1200

1:2400

Final

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.

Microfilm map, document 351083, reel 03134, frames 188-190 - Drift locations, mine outline, method.

Microfilm map, document 351081, reel 03134, frame 185 - Mine ownership (Charleton).

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Thickness, depth, seam, mine type, shaft location.