Mine Index 3515 Northwestern Coal Company, Northwestern Mine

Mine Index Number: 3515

Company Name:	Northwestern Coal Company
Mine Name:	Northwestern Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1874	End Date:	1892
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

SW NW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

100-185

6.0-7.0

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Northwestern Coal Mining Company (add)	Northwestern (add)	pre1874-1886	79,416 Production prior to 1882 is not known. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 12 acres were mined.

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis F. Kerchner, lessee 1887-1889 (add)	Northwestern (add)	1886-1889	36,100

Northwestern Coal Company (add)	Northwestern (add)	1889-1892	17,950

Total Production: 133,466

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

1:5297

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, seam, depth, thickness, mine type.

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, mining method.

Atlas of St. Clair County, Illinois, 1874, Warner & Beers, Chicago, Illinois - Shaft location, years of operation.