Mine Index 2044 Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, West Mine

Mine Index Number: 2044

Company Name:	Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
Mine Name:	West Mine
Start Date:	1882	End Date:	February 27, 1923
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	402
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

Clinton

2N 4W

21

NE SE NE

Air shaft

Clinton

2N 4W

21

NW SE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

410

7.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Breese Mining Company (add)	Breese (add)	1882-1886	67,768

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Breese (add)	1886-1896 Idle 1888	551,799

Felix Smith , Lessee (add)	Breese (add)	1896-1897	39,217

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	West (add)	1897-1923 Idle 1910, 1915 and 1916	2,459,317

Total Production: 3,118,101

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_478_13

5-23-1934

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 (Clinton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (Clinton County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Company map, state archive, IL_478_13 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.