Mine Index 0781 Summit Coal and Mining Company, Summit Mine

Mine Index Number: 0781

Company Name:	Summit Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Summit Mine
Start Date:	1894	End Date:	1940
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	188
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

1N 8W

9

NW SE SW

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

9

NE SE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

114

7.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Summit Coal Company (add)	Summit (add)	1894-1905	447,521

Summit Coal and Mining Company (add)	Summit (add)	1905-1925	805,114

Summit Coal Company (add)	Summit (add)	1925-1936 Idle 1934, 1935	190,575

Summit Coal and Mining Company (add)	Summit (add)	1936-1940	48,165

Total Production: 1,491,375

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351042

2-12-1942

1:1200

1:2152

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) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351042, reel 03134, frames 133-136 - Shaft locations, mine outline, method.