Mine Index Number: 2801
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
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| Mine Name:
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No. 12 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1881
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End Date:
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1901
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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54
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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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.
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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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 Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Madison
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6N 7W
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25
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SW NE NW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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Madison
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6N 7W
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25
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NW NE NW
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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280
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4.5
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8.0
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6.5-7.0
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RPP
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Geological Problems Reported
The Federal Land Bank Report shows subsidence in eastern and western portions of the mine.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 352,147
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Microfilm, document 352565
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undated
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1:1200
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1:1903
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Undated
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| WPA, T6N-R7W
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circa 1935 [3]
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1:12000
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1:42264
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Secondary source
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Federal Land Bank Report
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6-1934
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1:126720
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1:126720
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Madison County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Madison County) - Shaft location, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| History of Madison County, Illinois; Published by W. R. Brink & Co., Edwardsville, Illinois, 1882 - Opening year and ownership.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 352565, reel 03139, frames 326 & 327 - Mine outline, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| WPA map, T6N-R7W - Shaft locations.
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| Bibliography
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| Federal Land Bank Report - Geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ According to the History of Madison County, this mine was opened in 1881. The Wabash Coal Mining Company was owned by F. P. Baker & Company of St. Louis.
- ↑ Idle 1887
- ↑ Surveyed extensions shown dated 3-29-1894; not a final map.
