Mine Index Number: 0148
Company Name:
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Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
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Mine Name:
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Lake Creek Mine
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Start Date:
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1905
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End Date:
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December 1928
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Type of Mine:
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Underground
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Total acres shown:
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761
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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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Main shaft (10 x 14 ft)
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Williamson
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8S 3E
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18
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NW SW NE
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Air shaft (9 x 13 ft)
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Williamson
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8S 3E
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18
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NE SW NE
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Geology
Herrin
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313
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7.0
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11.0
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7.17-10.0
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RPP
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Geological Problems Reported
Fire caused by gas in the entry killed one man in 1906. In 1914 gas caused a fire that left no fatalities but necessitated walling off a portion of the mine to smother the fire. The source map shows a pattern of mining indicative of northwest-southeast trending faults through the center of the mine, although these areas were not labeled as such on the map. The roof was gray shale, with no problems reported. The top 2 feet of the coal was soft and left whenever possible. Some charcoal lenses were present in the coal, as well as pyrite stringers. Some faults cut the coal (both normal and reverse), with offsets of several feet. The largest offset was 37 feet. The floor was claystone up to 4 feet thick, which was softer and more prone to heaving in the eastern part of the mine.
Production
Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Total Production: 5,694,219
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
Microfilm, document 353126
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7-1-1929
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1:2400
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1:4303
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, geologic problems.
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Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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Microfilm map, document 353126, reel 03141, frames 356-359 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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W.J. Nelson (ISGS), Catalog of Coal Mines in Williamson County, 2003 - Geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Microfilm: 353126
Map Date: 7-1-1929
Coal Co.: Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
Mine Name: Lake Creek Mine
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Idle 1907-1910
- ↑ Idle 1912