Mine Index 3514 Dutch Hollow Coal Company, Emmet Mine

Mine Index Number: 3514

Company Name:	Dutch Hollow Coal Company
Mine Name:	Emmet Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1882	End Date:	1889
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	21
Acres after map date:	3	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

NW SE NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

16

NW SE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

130

6.0-6.5

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Edward Avery and Company (add)	Avery (add)	pre1882-1883	25,360 Production prior to 1882 is not known. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 26 acres mined. (The source map does not support the reported acreage.)

Dutch Hollow Coal Company (add)	Emmet (add)	1883-1885	11,133

Dutch Hollow Coal Company (add)	Emmet (add)	1885-1886	17,790 Production after map date

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Emmet (add)	1886-1889	none No production reported under this company. Abandoned and fenced off 1889.

Total Production: 54,283

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 350994

1-22-1885

1:960

1:1192

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, thickness, depth.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Microfilm map, document 350994, reel 03134, frame 64 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.