Mine Index 0331 Trenton Coal Company, Trenton No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0331

Company Name:	Trenton Coal Company
Mine Name:	Trenton No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1896	End Date:	1909
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	257
Production Indicated Acres:	125 Production indicates approximately 125 acres were mined after the map date, yet the area shown is the approximate size expected for the reported total production of the Trenton No. 1 Mine. The 1905 map date indicates the map is not final, but the map date may be incorrect, or may not have been changed when the mine workings were updated.	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Clinton

2N 5W

20

NE SE SE

Air shaft

Clinton

2N 5W

20

SE NE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

333-335

6.0 (4.5-7.0)

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Trenton Coal, Light and Power Company (add)	Trenton No. 1 (add)	1896-1901	302,430

Trenton Coal Company (add)	Trenton No. 1 (add)	1901-1905	489,719

Trenton Coal Company (add)	Trenton No. 1 (add)	1905-1909	677,645 Production after map date

Total Production: 1,469,794

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, Coal Section files, 10-9-2

1905

1:1200

1:2400

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

ISGS mine notes - Thickness.

Company map, Coal Section files, 10-9-2 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.