Mine Index Number: 3502
Company Name:
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Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
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Mine Name:
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Knecht Mine
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Start Date:
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Pre 1874
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End Date:
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March 21, 1903
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Type of Mine:
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Underground
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Total acres shown:
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136
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Acres after map date:
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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
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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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NE NE NW
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Air 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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120-140
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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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Total Production: 670,109
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
Company, 4103.S31 i5.1-49
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3-21-1903
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1:2400
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1:4966
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Final
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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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Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-49 - Mine outline, shaft location, mining method.
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Atlas of St. Clair County, Illinois, 1874, Warner and Beers, Chicago, Illinois - Years of operation.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Atlas:
Map Date: 1874
Coal Co.: Daniel Knecht
Mine Name: Knecht Mine
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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Notes
- ↑ Ownership and production prior to 1882 are unknown. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 34 acres were mined. The 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County shows a shaft at this location, and the landowner is Knecht. Mining probably occurred at this location in the early 1870s.