Mine Index Number: 3525
| Company Name:
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Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
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| Mine Name:
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Poynton Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1882
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End Date:
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1886
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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25
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| Acres after map date:
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3
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
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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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| Main shaft
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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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20
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SE NW NW
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| Air shaft
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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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20
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SE NW NW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company map, IL_543
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1-12-1885
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Not final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness, seam.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Company map, state archive, IL_543 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Company map: IL_543
Map Date: Poynton Mine
Mine Name: George Poynton Mining Company
Image Credit: Illinois Department of Natural Resources - Office of Mines and Minerals
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production, ownership, and years of operation prior to 1882 are not known. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 60 acres were mined.
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ Production after map date
