Mine Index Number: 3500
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| 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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| 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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7
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SW NE SW
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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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170
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6.0-6.5
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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: 1,089,633
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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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| 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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| 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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| Microfilm map, document 350974, reel 03134, frames 34,35 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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Microfilm:
350974Map Date: 4-4-1913
Coal Co.: Southern Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name: Oakland Mine
Full Res Download
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Microfilm:
350975Map Date: 12-8-1936
Coal Co.: Guest Coal Company
Mine Name: Oak Hill
Full Res Download
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
