Mine Index 0867 Breese-Trenton Mining Company, Trenton Mine or West Mine

Mine Index Number: 0867

Company Name:	Breese-Trenton Mining Company
Mine Name:	Trenton Mine or West Mine
Start Date:	1905	End Date:	1912
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	180
Acres after map date:	70-90	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 6W

25

NE SE NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

2N 6W

25

NE SE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

320-345

4.5-5.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Breese-Trenton Mining Company (add)	Trenton, West (add)	1905-1911	641,632

Breese-Trenton Mining Company (add)	Trenton, West (add)	1911-1912	331,802 Production after map date

Total Production: 973,434

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, PC_94_01

5-18-1911

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

State archive, PC_94_01 - Mine outline, shaft locations, mining method.