Mine Index Number: 3499
Company Name:
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Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
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Mine Name:
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Lenz Mine
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Start Date:
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1883
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End Date:
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1887
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Type of Mine:
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Underground
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Total acres shown:
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20
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Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Connected underground to Knecht Mine (mine index 3502) and Oakland Mine (mine index 3500).
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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
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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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7
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SE NE NW
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Geology
Herrin
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125-140
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6.0-7.0
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MRP
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
ISGS map library 4103.S31 i5.1-49
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1903
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1:2400
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1:4966
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Secondary source
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Microfilm, document 350974
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4-4-1913
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1:2400
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1:2232
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Secondary source
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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) - Thickness, depth, seam, mine type, shaft location.
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ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-49, map of Kncecht Mine (mine index 3502) - Shaft location, mine outline (northern), mining method.
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Microfilm map, document 350974, reel 03134, frames 34 and 35, map of Oakland Mine (mine index 3500) - Mine outline (southern).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Microfilm: 350974
Map Date: 4-4-1913
Coal Co.: Southern Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name: Oakland Mine
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Company: 4103.S31 i5.1-49
Map Date: 3-21-1903
Coal Co.: Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
Mine Name: Knecht Mine
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Idle. Ownership and production prior to 1884 are not known. The Coal Report of 1883 indicates 19 acres were mined. (The tonnage reported above represents about 1 acre.)
- ↑ Idle July 1884 to June 1885.