Mine Index Number: 4258
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Frank Sargent and Son
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| Mine Name:
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Caseyville Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1882
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End Date:
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1912
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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8
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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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16
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SW SE SW
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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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85-150
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6.0-6.5
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RPB
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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: 42,837
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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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| Microfilm, document 351103
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3-23-1923
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1:1200
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1:2652
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness.
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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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| Microfilm map, document 351103, reel 03134, frame 218, map of Pittsburg Mine (mine index 0341) - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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Microfilm:
351103Map Date: 3-23-1923
Coal Co.: Perry Coal Company
Mine Name: Pittsburg Mine
Full Res Download
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production prior to 1882 is not known. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 18 acres were mined.
- ↑ Idle, abandoned, or operated under another name 1883-1911
