Mine Index Number: 3502
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
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| Mine Name:
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Knecht Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1874
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End Date:
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March 21, 1903
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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136
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main shaft
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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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7
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NE NE NW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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7
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SE NE NW
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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120-140
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6.0-7.0
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MRP
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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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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Idle
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1897-1901
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 670,109
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Company, 4103.S31 i5.1-49
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3-21-1903
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1:2400
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1:4966
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Final
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Thickness, depth, seam, mine type, shaft location.
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| Bibliography
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-49 - Mine outline, shaft location, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Atlas of St. Clair County, Illinois, 1874, Warner and Beers, Chicago, Illinois - Years of operation.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Ownership and production prior to 1882 are unknown. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 34 acres were mined. The 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County shows a shaft at this location, and the landowner is Knecht. Mining probably occurred at this location in the early 1870s.
