Mine Index 3503 Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, Dutch Hollow Mine

Mine Index Number: 3503

Company Name:	Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
Mine Name:	Dutch Hollow Mine
Start Date:	1874	End Date:	1895
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	66
Acres after map date:	24	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

NW NW NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

7

NW NW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

120-142

5.5-7.0

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Dutch Hollow Coal Company (add)	Dutch Hollow (add)	pre1874-1885	62,644 Production, ownership, and years of operation prior to 1882 are not known.

Dutch Hollow Coal Company (add)	Dutch Hollow (add)	1885-1886	19,812 Production after map date

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Dutch Hollow (add)	1886-1895	110,360 Production after map date

Total Production: 192,816

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 350977

5-30-1885

1:960

1:1721

Not final

ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-49

3-21-1903

1:2400

1:4966

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.

Microfilm map, document 350977, reel 03134, frame 40 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-49, map of Knecht Mine (mine index 3502) - Mine outline (western).

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Thickness, depth, seam, mine type, shaft location.

Atlas of St. Clair County, Illinois, 1874, Warner and Beers, Chicago, Illinois - Years of operation.