Mine Index Number: 4290
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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German Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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German Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1874
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End Date:
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1882
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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1
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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 slope
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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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28
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NW SW NE
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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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40
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6.5
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Underground
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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: 7,500
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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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| ISGS mined-out area map
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1950
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1:62,500
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1:62,500
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Secondary source
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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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| ISGS 1950 mined-out area map, Area 27 - Shaft location.
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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
- ↑ Production prior to 1882 is not known. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 50 acres were mined. The 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County shows a shaft at this location with a railroad spur, indicating mining was taking place here in the early 1870s.
