Mine Index 3512 Swansea Coal and Mining Company, Humboldt Mine

Mine Index Number: 3512

Company Name:	Swansea Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Humboldt Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1883	End Date:	1907
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	82
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

16

SE NE SE

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

16

SE NE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

100-125

6.0-6.5

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Dubuck and Company (add)	Humboldt (add)	pre1883-1884	6,000 Previous ownership and production are not known. The Coal Report of 1884 indicates at least three previous owners.

Humboldt Mining Company (add)	Humboldt (add)	1884-1891	87,710

Humboldt Mining Company (add)	Humboldt (add)	1891-1906	328,410 Production after map date

Swansea Coal and Mining Company (add)	Humboldt (add)	1906-1907	23,562 Production after map date

Total Production: 445,682

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

WPA

1-4-1905

1:12000

1:24828

Secondary source

Microfilm, document 351095

9-12-1891

Not final

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.

WPA map - Shaft locations, mine outline.

Microfilm map, document 351095, reel 03134, frame 209 - Shaft locations, mining method.