Mine Index 3496 Dutch Hollow Coal Company, Birkner Mine

Mine Index Number: 3496

Company Name:	Dutch Hollow Coal Company
Mine Name:	Birkner Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1874	End Date:	1889
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	30
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The Birkner Mine was connected underground to the Excelsior Mine (mine index 4330).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft The Birkner Mine was connected underground to the Excelsior Mine (mine index 4330).

St. Clair

1N 8W

6

SE SE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

130-135

6.0-7.0

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Edward Avery and Company (add)	Birkner (add)	pre1874-1883 Production prior to 1882 is not known. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 21 acres were mined.	25,260

Dutch Hollow Coal Company (add)	Birkner (add)	1883-1884	12,000

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Birkner (add)	1884-1889	none The Coal Report of 1889 indicates this mine was abandoned, owned by Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis. No production reported under this name.

Total Production: 37,260

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_221

2-2-1930

1:2400

1:2400

Secondary source

Atlas of St. Clair County, Illinois

1874

1:36205

1:36205

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness.

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

State archive, IL_221, map of Valley Mine (mine index 3615) - Shaft locations, mine outline, method.

Atlas of St. Clair County, Illinois, 1874, Warner & Beers, Chicago, Illinois - Years of operation.