Mine Index Number: 2490
| Company Name:
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St. Louis Ore and Steel Company
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| Mine Name:
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St. Louis Ore and Steel No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1844
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End Date:
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1887
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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326
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| Acres after map date:
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45
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Shaft (No. 1) The No. 1 shaft was sunk in 1867, the No. 2 shaft was sunk in 1868, the No. 3 shaft was sunk in 1869 (replacing the old slopes) and the No. 1 Tunnel (drift) was constructed in 1872. The No. 1 shaft top works burned, and that shaft was used was used to pump water out of the No. 3 works. (All the workings were connected underground.) Later, the No. 1 shaft was re-named the No. 5 shaft for Big Muddy No. 6 Mine (mine index 2493), and used as an air shaft. The No. 2 shaft is the only one kept open after the 1873 financial panic, but it flooded in 1876. It took a long time to pump out the workings, and business only revived after 1880, and most of the efforts were directed to mines on the north side of the river.
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Jackson
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9S 2W
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10
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NE NE NW
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| Shaft (No. 2) The No. 1 shaft was sunk in 1867, the No. 2 shaft was sunk in 1868, the No. 3 shaft was sunk in 1869 (replacing the old slopes) and the No. 1 Tunnel (drift) was constructed in 1872. The No. 1 shaft top works burned, and that shaft was used was used to pump water out of the No. 3 works. (All the workings were connected underground.) Later, the No. 1 shaft was re-named the No. 5 shaft for Big Muddy No. 6 Mine (mine index 2493), and used as an air shaft. The No. 2 shaft is the only one kept open after the 1873 financial panic, but it flooded in 1876. It took a long time to pump out the workings, and business only revived after 1880, and most of the efforts were directed to mines on the north side of the river.
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Jackson
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9S 2W
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9
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NE SE NE
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| Shaft (No. 3) The No. 1 shaft was sunk in 1867, the No. 2 shaft was sunk in 1868, the No. 3 shaft was sunk in 1869 (replacing the old slopes) and the No. 1 Tunnel (drift) was constructed in 1872. The No. 1 shaft top works burned, and that shaft was used was used to pump water out of the No. 3 works. (All the workings were connected underground.) Later, the No. 1 shaft was re-named the No. 5 shaft for Big Muddy No. 6 Mine (mine index 2493), and used as an air shaft. The No. 2 shaft is the only one kept open after the 1873 financial panic, but it flooded in 1876. It took a long time to pump out the workings, and business only revived after 1880, and most of the efforts were directed to mines on the north side of the river.
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Jackson
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9S 2W
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10
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NE NE SW
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| Air shaft
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Jackson
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9S 2W
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10
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SW SE SW
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| Drift (No. 1 Tunnel) The No. 1 shaft was sunk in 1867, the No. 2 shaft was sunk in 1868, the No. 3 shaft was sunk in 1869 (replacing the old slopes) and the No. 1 Tunnel (drift) was constructed in 1872. The No. 1 shaft top works burned, and that shaft was used was used to pump water out of the No. 3 works. (All the workings were connected underground.) Later, the No. 1 shaft was re-named the No. 5 shaft for Big Muddy No. 6 Mine (mine index 2493), and used as an air shaft. The No. 2 shaft is the only one kept open after the 1873 financial panic, but it flooded in 1876. It took a long time to pump out the workings, and business only revived after 1880, and most of the efforts were directed to mines on the north side of the river.
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Jackson
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9S 2W
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9
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NW NW SE
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| Air shaft
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Jackson
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9S 2W
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9
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NW NW SE
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| Slope (No. 1) Slope No. 1 and Slope No. 2 are believed to have been the initial openings for the Mt. Carbon Coal Company. Production was not high at that time, and more efficient shafts were established by Grand Tower Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Company as the rate of production increased.
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Jackson
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9S 2W
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9
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NE NW SE
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| Slope (No. 2) Slope No. 1 and Slope No. 2 are believed to have been the initial openings for the Mt. Carbon Coal Company. Production was not high at that time, and more efficient shafts were established by Grand Tower Mining, Manufacturing and Transportation Company as the rate of production increased.
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Jackson
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9S 2W
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9
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NE NW SE
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Geology
| Murphysboro
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60-170
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5.0-6.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Mt. Carbon Coal Company
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Mt. Carbon
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1844-1850
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Not Reported Production before 1879 is not known. The 1879 Coal Report indicated 110 acres were mined, but listed no production.
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| Total Production: 1,015,047
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company
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4-1886
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Not final
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| Coal Section files
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11-15-1950
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1:4800
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1:4800
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Jackson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Company map, Old Ben Coal Company Archive collection - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Coal Section files, 2-3-39d, Consolidated Coal Company - Partial outline (SW part of mine), drift & air shaft location.
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| Coal Section files, 2-3-39e, Consolidated Coal Company - Slope locations.
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| History of Jackson County, Illinois, 1878, published by Brink and McDonough: Philadelphia, 139 p. - Shaft dates.
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| Newsom, E., 1894, Historical Sketches of Jackson County, Illinois, reprinted by Jackson County Historical Society, 1997, 233 p. - Years of operation, company names, shaft information.
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