Mine Index Number: 0201
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Consolidated Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Consolidated No. 17 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1905
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End Date:
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May 1927
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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1,343
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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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2N 8W
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10
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SE SE NW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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St. Clair
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2N 8W
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10
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SE SE NW
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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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210-228
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6.5
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8.0
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6.5
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RPP
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Geological Problems Reported
The black shale roof (½ inch to 4 feet thick) required timbering, but was thin in the northern part of the mine. Some slips were present in some areas in the coal, making it unminable. The floor clay heaved badly in one location, but generally gave no problem.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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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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| Company
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1927
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1:2400
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1:2400
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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 (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Shaft locations, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Bibliography
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| Federal Land Bank Report (St. Clair County) - Depth.
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| Bibliography
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| Company map - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Idle July 1924 to November 1926
