Mine Index 2759 Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, Cantine Mine

Mine Index Number: 2759

Company Name:	Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
Mine Name:	Cantine Mine
Start Date:	1873	End Date:	1887
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	51
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
No source maps of the mine outline were found. A general area of mining the approximate size expected from the tonnage produced was constructed around the shafts. The Cantine Mine is surrounded on all sides by later mines.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Madison

3N 8W

26

SW NW SE

Air shaft

Madison

3N 8W

26

NW SW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

182-190

6.3-7.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Ambrosius (C.A.) and Morrison (add)	Cantine (add)	1873-1883	112,750

Cantine Coal and Mining Company (add)	Cantine (add)	1883-1886	162,860

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Cantine (add)	1886-1887	11,020

Total Production: 286,630

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352369

6-30-1927

1:2400

1:5131

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, location, thickness, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Madison County) - Depth, thickness.

History of Madison County, W. R. Brink & Co., Edwardsville, Illinois (publishers), 1882 - Mine ownership, years of operation, depth.

Microfilm map, document 352369, reel 03138, frames 490, 491, map of Cantine No. 3 Mine (mine index 0439) - Shaft locations.