Mine Index 3499 Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, Lenz Mine

Mine Index Number: 3499

Company Name:	Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
Mine Name:	Lenz Mine
Start Date:	1883	End Date:	1887
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	20
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Connected underground to Knecht Mine (mine index 3502) and Oakland Mine (mine index 3500).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

7

SE NE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

125-140

6.0-7.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

St. Clair Co-operative Mining and Supply Company (add)	Lenz (add)	1883-1884	3,020 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.)

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Lenz (add)	1886-1887 Idle July 1884 to June 1885.	3,956

Total Production: 6,976

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library 4103.S31 i5.1-49

1903

1:2400

1:4966

Secondary source

Microfilm, document 350974

4-4-1913

1:2400

1:2232

Secondary source

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) - Thickness, depth, seam, mine type, shaft location.

ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-49, map of Kncecht Mine (mine index 3502) - Shaft location, mine outline (northern), mining method.

Microfilm map, document 350974, reel 03134, frames 34 and 35, map of Oakland Mine (mine index 3500) - Mine outline (southern).