Mine Index 3518 Consolidated Coal Company, Schureman Mine

Mine Index Number: 3518

Company Name:	Consolidated Coal Company
Mine Name:	Schureman Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1874	End Date:	1905
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

17

SE NW SW

Skellet shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

17

NW SE NE

Shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

17

SW NE SW

Shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

17

NW SE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

125-150

6.0-6.5

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

William Skellett (add)	Skellett (add)	pre1874-1886	121,359 Production and ownership prior to 1882 are unknown. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 120 acres were mined. The Coal Report of 1884 stated that the Skellett Mine was adjacent to and operated co-jointly with the Schureman mine. Because the source maps of this area are poor and the boundary between the two mines cannot be distinguished, the Skellett mine was not given a separate index number.

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Skellett (add)	1886-1887	9,519 Production and ownership prior to 1882 are unknown. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 120 acres were mined. The Coal Report of 1884 stated that the Skellett Mine was adjacent to and operated co-jointly with the Schureman mine. Because the source maps of this area are poor and the boundary between the two mines cannot be distinguished, the Skellett mine was not given a separate index number.

Schureman Brothers (add)	Schureman (add)	pre1882-1886	159,766 Production and ownership prior to 1882 are unknown. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 30 acres were mined.

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Schureman (add)	1886-1896	543,893

T. Westwood , lessee (add)	Schureman (add)	1896-1897	48,647

Consolidated Coal Company (add)	Schureman (add)	1897-1905	348,836

Total Production: 1,232,020

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

ISGS field notes (G. H. Cady)

Undated

1:62500

1:62500

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.

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Shaft location, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

Atlas of St. Clair County, Illinois, 1874, Warner and Beers, Chicago, Illinois - Skellett shaft location, years of operation; years of operation of Schureman shaft.

Microfilm map, document 350961, reel 03134, frame 4 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

ISGS field notes (St. Clair County) - Shaft locations (SW NE SW and NW SE SW).