Mine Index 3489 Missouri and Illinois Coal Company, Rentchler Mine

Mine Index Number: 3489

Company Name:	Missouri and Illinois Coal Company
Mine Name:	Rentchler Mine
Start Date:	1888	End Date:	April 1923
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	235
Acres after map date:	12	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (7'x16')

St. Clair

1N 7W

33

NW SE NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 7W

33

NW SE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

107

6.0-7.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The source map shows areas in the southeastern portion of the mine with "faulty coal", and areas where the coal was not present.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

J. Siberts (add)	Siberts (add)	1888-1889	5,798

Rentchler Coal Company (add)	Rentchler (add)	1890-1893 Idle 1889-1890	127,641

Missouri and Illinois Coal Company (add)	Rentchler (add)	1893-1916 Idle 1909, 1914, 1915	1,014,298

White-Sergent Coal Company (add)	Rentchler (add)	1916-1919	177,571

Missouri and Illinois Coal Company (add)	Rentchler (add)	1919-1923	70,535 Production after map date

Total Production: 1,395,843

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351093

7-14-1920

1:1800

1:3848

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351093, reel 03134, frames 205 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.