Mine Index 3490 Rentchler Fuel Company, Enterprise Mine

Mine Index Number: 3490

Company Name:	Rentchler Fuel Company
Mine Name:	Enterprise Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1882	End Date:	1936
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	128
Acres after map date:	13	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (5.5'x12')

St. Clair

1N 7W

34

NE SW NW

Shaft

St. Clair

1N 7W

34

SE SW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

93-114

6.5-7.25

MRP,RPBsome RPB

Geological Problems Reported

Gas was reported at this mine. Some concretions were present in both the roof shale and the coal.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Adam Ogden (add)	Enterprise (add)	pre1882-1889	81,010 Ownership and production prior to 1882 unknown. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 12 acres mined.

Enterprise (add)	Enterprise (add)	1889-1890	18,500

William Ogden and Brother (add)	Enterprise (add)	1890-1900	98,030

Enterprise Mining Company (add)	Enterprise, Ogden (add)	1900-1907	192,930

Central Indiana Coal Mining Company (add)	Enterprise (add)	1907-1910	78,359

Gouch Coal and Mining Company (add)	Enterprise (add)	1910-1916 Idle 1914-1916	75,976

Enterprise Collieries Company The mine notes indicate this mine was operated by Liberty Coal Company in 1917. (add)	Enterprise No. 1 (add)	1916-1919	43,541

L. and N. Coal Mining Company (add)	Enterprise (add)	1919-1922	67,499

Lou-Nash Coal and Mining Company (add)	Enterprise (add)	1922-1929	36,693

Piazza and Marfia Coal Company (add)	Enterprise (add)	1930-1930	7,001

Enterprise Coal and Mining Company (add)	Enterprise (add)	1931-1931	8,959

Piazza Coal Company (add)	Enterprise (add)	1932-1932	12,550

Rentchler Fuel Company (add)	Enterprise (add)	1933-1936	80,591

Total Production: 801,639

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351092

1-8-1932

1:2400

1:4138

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, shaft size, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Land Bank Report - Depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351092, reel 03134, frame 204 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.