Mine Index Number: 3672
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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Fairmount Mine
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| Start Date:
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1890
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End Date:
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1906
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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217
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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6
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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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Vermilion
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18N 13W
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3
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NW NE SW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft [1]
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Vermilion
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18N 13W
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3
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NW NE SW [2]
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
|
| Danville
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225
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4.5-5.0
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RPP
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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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| Total Production: 969,507
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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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| State archive, MSHA_1041_01
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3-1906
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Not 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 (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| State archive, MSHA_1041_01 - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: MSHA_1041
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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State Archive
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| Map ID:
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MSHA_1041
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| Company:
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Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
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| Mine Name:
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Fairmount
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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03-1906
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| Map Status:
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Not Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M3672 MSHA 1041 01
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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://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/vermilion/m3672 MSHA 1041 01.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Production after map date
