Mine Index 3513 Consolidated Coal Company, Green Mount Mine

Mine Index Number: 3513

Company Name:	Consolidated Coal Company
Mine Name:	Green Mount Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1874	End Date:	1910
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	516
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
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.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

16

NE NW SW

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

16

NE NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

160

6.0

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Green Mound Coal Company (add)	Green Mound (add)	pre1874-1885	18,350 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.

Green Mount Coal and Mining Company (add)	Green Mount (add)	1885-1886	12,000

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis Groom & Allen, lessees 1888 and 1889. May have leased other years; reporting inconsistent. (add)	Green Mount (add)	1886-1896	214,523

John Groom (add)	Green Mount (add)	1896-1897	53,020

Consolidated Coal Company (add)	Green Mount (add)	1897-1910	800,837

Total Production: 1,098,730

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 350961

3-30-1910

1:2400

1:5296

Final

Atlas of St. Clair County

1874

1:36205

1:36205

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 350961, reel 03134, frame 4 - Shaft locations, mine outline, method.

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

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