Mine Index Number: 3513
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Consolidated Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Green Mount Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1874
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End Date:
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1910
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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516
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The source map for the Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis mines in this area is very poor, and the boundaries between the separate mines could not be distinguished. The acreage reported is the total for mine index numbers 3513, 3515, 3517 and 3518.
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
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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NE NW SW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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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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NE NW SW
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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160
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6.0
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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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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 1,098,730
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Microfilm, document 350961
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3-30-1910
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1:2400
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1:5296
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Final
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Atlas of St. Clair County
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1874
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1:36205
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1:36205
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 350961, reel 03134, frame 4 - Shaft locations, mine outline, method.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Thickness, depth, seam, mine type, shaft location.
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| Bibliography
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| Atlas of St. Clair County, Illinois, 1874, Warner & Beers, Chicago, Illinois - Years of operation.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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Microfilm:
350961Map Date: 3-30-1910
Coal Co.: Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
Mine Name: Green Mount Mine
Full Res Download
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Atlas:
T1N-R8WMap Date: 1874
Coal Co.: Green Mound Coal Company
Mine Name: Green Mound Mine
Full Res Download
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production prior to 1882 is not known. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 18 acres were mined. Idle 1883 & 1884 while under repair following flooding of the mine.
- ↑ Groom & Allen, lessees 1888 and 1889. May have leased other years; reporting inconsistent.
