Mine Index Number: 3490
Company Name:
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Rentchler Fuel Company
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Mine Name:
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Enterprise Mine
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Start Date:
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Pre 1882
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End Date:
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1936
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Type of Mine:
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Underground
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Total acres shown:
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128
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Acres after map date:
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13
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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 (5.5'x12')
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St. Clair
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1N 7W
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34
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NE SW NW
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Shaft
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St. Clair
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1N 7W
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34
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SE SW NW
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Geology
Herrin
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93-114
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6.5-7.25
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MRP,RPB[1]
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Geological Problems Reported
Gas was reported at this mine. Some concretions were present in both the roof shale and the coal.
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: 801,639
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
Microfilm, document 351092
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1-8-1932
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1:2400
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1:4138
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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, shaft size, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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Land Bank Report - Depth, thickness.
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Microfilm map, document 351092, reel 03134, frame 204 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Microfilm: 351092
Map Date: 1-8-1932
Coal Co.: Rentchler Fuel Company
Mine Name: Enterprise Mine
Full Res Download
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ some RPB
- ↑ Ownership and production prior to 1882 unknown. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 12 acres mined.
- ↑ Idle 1914-1916
- ↑ The mine notes indicate this mine was operated by Liberty Coal Company in 1917.