Mine Index Number: 3489
| Company Name:
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Missouri and Illinois Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Rentchler Mine
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| Start Date:
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1888
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End Date:
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April 1923
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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235
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| Acres after map date:
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12
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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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| Main shaft (7'x16')
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St. Clair
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1N 7W
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33
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NW SE NE
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| Air shaft
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St. Clair
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1N 7W
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33
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NW SE NW
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Geology
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
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 1,395,843
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351093
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7-14-1920
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1:1800
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1:3848
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Not final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 351093, reel 03134, frames 205 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Microfilm: 351093
Map Date: 7-14-1920
Coal Co.: Missouri and Illinois Coal Company
Mine Name: Rentchler Mine
Full Res Download
Atlas: T1N-R7W
Map Date: 1874
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Idle 1889-1890
- ↑ Idle 1909, 1914, 1915
- ↑ Production after map date
