Mine Index 0789 Reinheimer, Reinheimer Slope Mine

Mine Index Number: 0789

Company Name:	Reinheimer
Mine Name:	Reinheimer Slope Mine
Start Date:	1905	End Date:	1956
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	21
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Partially stripped by River King Surface Mine (mine index 0857)

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

St. Clair

1S 7W

32

SE SE SE

Air shaft

St. Clair

1S 7W

32

SE SE SE not shown on accompanying map due to later surface mining

Geology

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

Herrin

14-42

5.5-6.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Henry Reinheimer (add)	Reinheimer (add)	1905-1906	1,200

Thomas McBride (add)	McBride (add)	1906-1910	1,897

Henry Hoffman (add)	Hoffman (add)	1910-1911	1,120

Charles Arona (add)	Arona (add)	1911-1912	1,200

Lerth and Walters (add)	Lerth and Walters (add)	1912-1913	1,422

Thomas J. Deer (add)	Deer (add)	1913-1915	1,836

August C. Stahlheber (add)	Stahlheber (add)	1915-1918	7,381

Bloom Coal Company (add)	Bloom (add)	1918-1919	3,140

August C. Stahlheber (add)	Stahlheber (add)	1919-1924	11,782 Tonnage not reported in 1922

Arthur Reinheimer (add)	Reinheimer (add)	1924-1928	15,007

Herman, Herman and Stahlhele (add)	Herman, Herman and Stahlhele (add)	1929-1929	4,587

Herman, Meng and Stahlheber (add)	Herman, Meng and Stahlheber (add)	1930-1931	6,625

Reinheimer (add)	Slope (add)	1932-1940	31,240

Philip Zink Coal Company (add)	Zink (add)	1940-1944	3,021

Reinheimer (add)	Slope (add)	1944-1954	6,534

Zink Coal Company (add)	Zink (add)	1954-1955	416

Reinheimer (add)	Slope (add)	1955-1956	550

Total Production: 98,958

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351161

1-12-1957

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) - Mine type, slope location, seam, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351161, reel 03134, frame 301 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.