Mine Index Number: 2907
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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Hornsby Mine
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| Start Date:
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1881
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End Date:
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March 1906
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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340
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| Acres after map date:
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20
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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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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Macoupin
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8N 6W
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9
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NE NE NW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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Macoupin
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8N 6W
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9
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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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388-396
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6.0-7.5
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RP
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Geological Problems Reported
The Coal Reports indicated that the roof was very poor, and a great deal of timber was required.
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: 1,689,178
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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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| WPA, T8N-R6W
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circa 1935 [3]
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1:12000
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1:57556
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness, geologic problems, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Macoupin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Macoupin County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| WPA map, T8N-R6W - Shaft locations, mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: WPA, T8N-R6W
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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WPA
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| Map ID:
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WPA, T8N-R6W
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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| Map Status:
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Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M2907
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/macoupin/m2907.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The mine notes indicate Henry Voge sank this mine, and mining may have occurred prior to 1881.
- ↑ Production after date of mine outline.
- ↑ Survey extensions of mine outline dated 1903 (Not final)
