Mine Index 3528   Highland Coal Company,   Highland Mine

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

Mine Index Number: 3528

Company Name: Highland Coal Company
Mine Name: Highland Mine
Start Date: 1890 End Date: 1926
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: 125
Acres after map date: 2 General Area of mining acres shown:

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.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main shaft St. Clair 1N 8W 22 NW NE SE [1]
Air shaft St. Clair 1N 8W 22 SW SE NE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Herrin 133 7.0 MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Highland Coal Company Highland 1890-1925 958,192
Highland Coal Company Highland 1925-1926 9,745 [2]
Total Production: 967,937

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Microfilm, document 351100 6-12-1925 1:1440 1:3178 Not final
Microfilm, document 351022 circa 1935-1940 1:12000 1:24828 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) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness.
Microfilm map, document 351100, reel 03134, frame 226 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
Microfilm map, document 351022, reel 03134, frame 101, WPA map of T1N-R8W - Mine outline (western).

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. The proximity of this shaft to the Thomas Mine (mine index 4849) indicates that mining may have taken place here in the early 1870s.
  2. Production after map date