Mine Index Number: 3409
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Erhstein and Pruessing
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| Mine Name:
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Erhstein and Pruessing Mine
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| Start Date:
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1935
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End Date:
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1935
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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Less than 1
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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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| Pit
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St. Clair
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1N 9W
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24
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NW NW 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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Surface
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Topographic map [1]
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after 1945
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Section files, work map on French Village (7.5-minute) Quadrangle - Mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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Coal Section Files:
225 dMap Date: after 1945
Coal Co.: Erhstein and Pruessing
Mine Name: Erhstein and Pruessing Mine
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ This mine was hand-drawn on a USGS topographic map in ISGS Coal Section files. The 7.5-minute quadrangle map was the edition of 1945, the field work was noted as 7-18-1941.
