Mine Index Number: 3497
| Company Name:
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John Kloess
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| Mine Name:
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Kloess No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1883
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End Date:
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1896
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
|
58
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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
|
Township-Range
|
Section
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Part Section
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| Main shaft
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St. Clair
|
1N 8W
|
21
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SE SE NW
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Geology
| Herrin
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110-120
|
|
|
6.0-6.5
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RP
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
|
Date
|
Production (tons)
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| John Kloess
|
Kloess No. 1
|
1883-1896 The mine location was also shown on the 1874 atlas, indicating that mining was taking place in the early 1870s.
|
329,349
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| Total Production: 329,349
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351001
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Undated
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1:1200
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1:2152
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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, seam, depth, thickness, method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Microfilm map, document 351001, reel 03134, frame 73 - Shaft location.
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Mine Notes
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Atlas:
Map Date: 1874
Coal Co.: John Kloess
Mine Name: Kloess No. 1
Microfilm: 351001
Map Date: Undated
Coal Co.: John Kloess
Mine Name: Kloess No. 1
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