Mine Index 0201 Consolidated Coal Company, Consolidated No. 17 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0201

Company Name:	Consolidated Coal Company
Mine Name:	Consolidated No. 17 Mine
Start Date:	1905	End Date:	May 1927
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,343
Acres after map date:		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 8W

10

SE SE NW

Air shaft

St. Clair

2N 8W

10

SE SE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

210-228

6.5

8.0

6.5

RPP

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

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Consolidated Coal Company (add)	Consolidated No. 17 (add)	1905-1927	7,575,728
Total Production: 7,575,728

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company

1927

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Shaft locations, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Federal Land Bank Report (St. Clair County) - Depth.

Company map - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.