Mine Index Number: 3496
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Dutch Hollow Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Birkner Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1874
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End Date:
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1889
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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30
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The Birkner Mine was connected underground to the Excelsior Mine (mine index 4330).
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main shaft [1]
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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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6
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SE SE NW
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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130-135
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6.0-7.0
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RPB
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 37,260
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| State archive, IL_221
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2-2-1930
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Secondary source
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Atlas of St. Clair County, Illinois
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1874
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1:36205
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1:36205
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| State archive, IL_221, map of Valley Mine (mine index 3615) - Shaft locations, mine outline, method.
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| Bibliography
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| Atlas of St. Clair County, Illinois, 1874, Warner & Beers, Chicago, Illinois - Years of operation.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The Birkner Mine was connected underground to the Excelsior Mine (mine index 4330).
- ↑ Production prior to 1882 is not known. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 21 acres were mined.
- ↑ The Coal Report of 1889 indicates this mine was abandoned, owned by Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis. No production reported under this name.
