Mine Index Number: 3511
| Company Name:
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Service Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Service Mine
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| Start Date:
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1895
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End Date:
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March 1945
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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348
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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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15
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SE NW SW
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| Air shaft
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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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15
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SE NW SW
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Geology
| Herrin
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110-150
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6.0-6.5
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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: 2,328,229
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351040
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3-20-1945
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1:2400
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1:4469
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Final
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| Microfilm, document 351141
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8-12-1920
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1:1200
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1:2317
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Secondary source [2]
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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) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 351040, reel 03134, frames 128,129 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Microfilm map, document 351141, reel 03134, frames 279,280, map of Branch No. 2 Mine (mine index 3492) - Mine outline (southern boundary).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Microfilm: 351141
Map Date: 8-12-1920
Coal Co.: White and Son
Mine Name: Branch No. 2
Full Res Download
Microfilm: 351040
Map Date: 3-20-1945
Coal Co.: Service Coal Company
Mine Name: Service
Full Res Download
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Owned by Humboldt, but operated under previous name.
- ↑ Used only to designate the southern boundary.
