Mine Index 3672   Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis,   Fairmount Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Vermilion unlocated
County: Vermilion
Quadrangle: Oakwood
County Coal Data: Vermilion
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 3672

Company Name: Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
Mine Name: Fairmount Mine
Start Date: 1890 End Date: 1906
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: 217
Production Indicated Acres: 6 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main shaft Vermilion 18N 13W 3 NW NE SW
Air shaft [1] Vermilion 18N 13W 3 NW NE SW [2]

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Danville 225 4.5-5.0 RPP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Fairmount Coal Mining Company Fairmount 1890-1892 42,871
Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis Fairmount 1892-1906 898,998
Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis Fairmount 1906-1906 27,638 [3]
Total Production: 969,507

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
State archive, MSHA_1041_01 3-1906 1:2400 1:2400 Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
State archive, MSHA_1041_01 - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

[[:Fairmount|Fairmount]]These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered. Map Type: State Archive
Map ID: MSHA_1041
Company: Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
Mine Name: Fairmount
Caption:
Map Date: 03-1906
Map Status: Not Final
Image Credit:
Note:
More Info: M3672 MSHA 1041 01
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! https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/vermilion/m3672 MSHA 1041 01.zip

Photographs

Notes

  1. The air shaft location is not identified on the source map. It is only identified hand-drawn on a later print out of the map by an unknown source, so the location may be imprecise.
  2. The air shaft location is not identified on the source map. It is only identified hand-drawn on a later print out of the map by an unknown source, so the location may be imprecise.
  3. Production after map date