Mine Index 3514   Dutch Hollow Coal Company,   Emmet Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: St. Clair unlocated
County: St. Clair
Quadrangle: O'Fallon
County Coal Data: St. Clair
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

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

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Edward Avery and Company Avery pre1882-1883 25,360 [1]
Dutch Hollow Coal Company Emmet 1883-1885 11,133
Dutch Hollow Coal Company Emmet 1885-1886 17,790 [2]
Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis Emmet 1886-1889 none [3]
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.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. 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.)
  2. Production after map date
  3. No production reported under this company. Abandoned and fenced off 1889.