Mine Index 0200 Columbia Coal Company, Lebanon Mine

Mine Index Number: 0200

Company Name:	Columbia Coal Company
Mine Name:	Lebanon Mine
Start Date:	1906	End Date:	June 1923
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	37
Acres after map date:	7	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

St. Clair

2N 6W

30

SW NE NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

2N 6W

30

SE NE NE

Geology

		Thickness (ft)
Seam	Depth (ft)	Min	Max	Ave	Mining Method

Herrin

201

4.0

5.0

4.67-6.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The top 4-12 inches of coal is boney and discarded. The roof is 30 feet of light gray shale throughout the mine. This makes a very poor roof. The south extensions on the source map are labeled “fallen in”.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Lebanon City Coal Company (add)	Lebanon (add)	1906-1910	24,520

Peoples Coal Company (add)	Peoples (add)	1910-1917	86,032

Premier Coal Company (add)	Premier (add)	1917-1920	68,161

Premier Coal Company (add)	Premier (add)	1920-1922	29,026 Production after map date

Columbia Coal Company (add)	Lebanon (add)	1922-1923	6,670 Production after map date

Total Production: 214,409

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351138

8-30-1920

1:1200

1:1903

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, thickness.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, thickness.

Land Bank Report - Thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351138, reel 03134, frames 275, 276 - Shaft locations, mine outline, depth, mining method, geologic problems.