Mine Index Number: 3512
| Company Name:
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Swansea Coal and Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Humboldt Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1883
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End Date:
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1907
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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82
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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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16
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SE NE SE
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| Air shaft
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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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16
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SE NE SE
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Geology
| Herrin
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100-125
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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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| Total Production: 445,682
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| WPA
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1-4-1905
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1:12000
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1:24828
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Secondary source
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| Microfilm, document 351095
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9-12-1891
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Not 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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| WPA map - Shaft locations, mine outline.
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| Microfilm map, document 351095, reel 03134, frame 209 - Shaft locations, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Microfilm: 351095
Map Date: 9-12-1891
Coal Co.: Swansea Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name: Humboldt
Full Res Download
WPA: 351022
Map Date: circa 1935-1940
Coal Co.: Fullerton Coal Company
Mine Name: Fullerton No. 1
Full Res Download
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Previous ownership and production are not known. The Coal Report of 1884 indicates at least three previous owners.
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ Production after map date
