Mine Index Number: 3521
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Dewey Coal and Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Dewey Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1881
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End Date:
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1941
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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392
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main shaft
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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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18
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SW NE NW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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St. Clair
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1N 9W
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13
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SE NW NE
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| No. 3 air shaft [1]
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St. Clair
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1N 9W
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13
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NW SE NE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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180
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6.0-7.5
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The map shows lines with one side labeled "Dry" and the other "Flooded". The wet areas are on the western and southern sides of the mine.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 2,379,819
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Company, 4103.S31 i5.1-89
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1-16,17-1940
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1:2400
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1:4800
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Final [4]
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Thickness, depth, seam, mine type, shaft locations.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 350965, reel 03134, frame 9 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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Microfilm:
350965Map Date: 1-17-1940
Coal Co.: Dewey Coal & Mining Company
Mine Name: Dewey Mine
Full Res Download
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Previously hoist shaft of Gartside No. 3
- ↑ Ownership & production prior to 1881 unknown. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 5 acres mined.
- ↑ Mine closed 1913-1919
- ↑ The map designated "Old Works" of an abandoned mine on the east side and west side. These workings are designated near the center of section 18, T1N R8W and NW NE of section 13, T1N R9W. The extent and ownership of these old works are unknown.
