Mine Index Number: 3528
| Company Name:
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Highland Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Highland Mine
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| Start Date:
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1890
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End Date:
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1926
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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125
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| Acres after map date:
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2
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The area shown is insufficient for the production, and there are indications mining took place earlier at this location; a general area of mining was added to account for this.
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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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22
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NW NE SE The proximity of this shaft to the Thomas Mine (mine index 4849) indicates that mining may have taken place here in the early 1870s.
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| Air shaft
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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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22
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SW SE NE
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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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| Total Production: 967,937
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351100
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6-12-1925
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1:1440
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1:3178
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Not final
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| Microfilm, document 351022
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circa 1935-1940
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1:12000
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1:24828
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 351100, reel 03134, frame 226 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Microfilm map, document 351022, reel 03134, frame 101, WPA map of T1N-R8W - Mine outline (western).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Microfilm: 351108
Map Date: 6-12-1925
Coal Co.: Highland Coal Company
Mine Name: Highland
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Microfilm: 351022
Map Date: 10-10-1891
Coal Co.: Charles Hartman
Mine Name: Hartman No. 1
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Photographs
