Mine Index 0304 International Coal and Mining Company, Bennett Mine

Mine Index Number: 0304

Company Name:	International Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Bennett Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1874	End Date:	1912
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	27
Production Indicated Acres:	159	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 7W

26

NW SW NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

2N 7W

26

SW NW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

183-200

5.0-7.0

RPB

Geological Problems Reported

A 1907 report in the mine notes indicated that the old works were closed “and said to be mostly caved”. The source map indicated the roof was down in the west part of the mine. The top 4 inches of coal were always left to support the shale roof. The Coal Report of 1884 indicates there was some gas in the workings, but improved ventilation corrected that condition.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Jeremiah Bennett (add)	Bennett (add)	pre1874-1886 Idle 1886	42,090 Production and ownership prior to 1882 unknown. The Coal Report of 1883 indicates 20 acres were mined.

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis Lessee 1887-1888, W. R. Stuart (add)	Bennett (add)	1886-1889	20,724

Bennett Coal Company (add)	Bennett (add)	1889-1891	13,052

Lebanon Coal and Machine Association (add)	Bennett (add)	1891-1901	463,033

Lebanon Coal and Mining Association (add)	Bennett (add)	1901-1905	250,822

International Coal and Mining Company (add)	Bennett, International No. 2 (add)	1905-1912	212,578

Total Production: 1,002,299

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351060

undated

1:960

1:1721

Undated

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, thickness, depth, seam, geologic problems.

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, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm, document 351060, reel 03134, frame 158 - Mine outline, shaft locations, mining method, geologic problems.

Atlas of St. Clair County, 1874, Warner and Beers, Chicago, Illinois - Shaft location, years of operation.