Mine Index Number: 3500
Company Name:
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Southern Coal and Mining Company
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Mine Name:
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Oakland Mine or Southern Mine No. 3
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Start Date:
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1887
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End Date:
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1912
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Type of Mine:
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Underground
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Total acres shown:
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162
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Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Oakland Mine connects underground to Oak Hill Mine (mine index 3522), Lenz Mine (mine index 3499) and possibly to Dutch Hollow Mine (mine index 3503).
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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 [1]
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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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7
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SW NE SW
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Geology
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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Total Production: 1,089,633
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
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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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam depth, thickness.
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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 350974, reel 03134, frames 34,35 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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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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Microfilm: 350975
Map Date: 12-8-1936
Coal Co.: Guest Coal Company
Mine Name: Oak Hill
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Connected underground to Oak Hill Mine (mine index 3522) for escapement. No other air or escapement shafts were found on the source map.
- ↑ Idle 1909