Mine Index 2801 Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, No. 12 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2801

Company Name:	Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
Mine Name:	No. 12 Mine
Start Date:	1881	End Date:	1901
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	54
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The source map was undated, but the mined area shown on the accompanying map is the approximate size expected for the production reported. This suggests that the mine outline is complete.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Madison

6N 7W

25

SW NE NW

Air shaft

Madison

6N 7W

25

NW NE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

280

4.5

8.0

6.5-7.0

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

The Federal Land Bank Report shows subsidence in eastern and western portions of the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Wabash Coal Mining Company (add)	Wabash (add)	1881-1884	101,969

Ellsworth Coal and Mining Company (add)	Ellsworth No. 12 (add)	1884-1886	29,152

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Worden No. 12 (add)	1886-1893	111,783

Coar and Lenart (add)	Coar and Lenart (add)	1893-1895	49,085

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Consolidated No. 12 (add)	1895-1896	40,937

Firman Coar Coal Company (add)	Worden No. 12 (add)	1896-1897	6,422

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Consolidated No. 12 (add)	1897-1901	12,799

Total Production: 352,147

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352565

undated

1:1200

1:1903

Undated

WPA, T6N-R7W

circa 1935

1:12000

1:42264

Secondary source

Federal Land Bank Report

6-1934

1:126720

1:126720

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.

Mine notes (Madison County) - Shaft location, depth, thickness.

History of Madison County, Illinois; Published by W. R. Brink & Co., Edwardsville, Illinois, 1882 - Opening year and ownership.

Microfilm map, document 352565, reel 03139, frames 326 & 327 - Mine outline, mining method.

WPA map, T6N-R7W - Shaft locations.

Federal Land Bank Report - Geologic problems.