Mine Index 3521 Dewey Coal and Mining Company, Dewey Mine

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

Mine Index Number: 3521


Company Name:	Dewey Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Dewey Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1881	End Date:	1941
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	392
Acres after map date:		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

18

SW NE NW

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 9W

13

SE NW NE

No. 3 air shaft ^[1]

St. Clair

1N 9W

13

NW SE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

180

6.0-7.5

MRP

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

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Gartside Coal Company (add)	Gartside No. 3 (add)	pre1881-1886	32,775

Gartside Coal Company (add)	Gartside No. 2, Branch (add)	pre1882-1886	152,131 ^[2]

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Gartside No. 4 (add)	1886-1896	469,079

Sam Daniels (add)	Gartside No. 4 (add)	1896-1897	60,667

Consolidated Coal Company (add)	Gartside No. 4 (add)	1897-1905	354,124

Johnson Coal Company , lessee (add)	Gartside No. 4 (add)	1905-1907	34,048

Dewey Coal Company (add)	Gartside No. 4 (add)	1907-1912	155,050

Quality Coal and Mining Company (add)	Quality No. 1 (add)	1919-1938 ^[3]	1,077,069

Dewey Coal and Mining Company (add)	Dewey (add)	1938-1941	44,876


Total Production: 2,379,819

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Company, 4103.S31 i5.1-89

1-16,17-1940

1:2400

1:4800

Final ^[4]

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) - Thickness, depth, seam, mine type, shaft locations.

Microfilm map, document 350965, reel 03134, frame 9 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Microfilm: 350965
Map Date: 1-17-1940
Coal Co.: Dewey Coal & Mining Company
Mine Name: Dewey Mine
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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.

[1] Previously hoist shaft of Gartside No. 3

[2] Ownership & production prior to 1881 unknown. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 5 acres mined.

[3] Mine closed 1913-1919

[4] 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.

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