Mine Index 3530 Washed Coal Company, White Mine

Mine Index Number: 3530

Company Name:	Washed Coal Company
Mine Name:	White Mine
Start Date:	1888	End Date:	1946
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	464
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 slope

St. Clair

1N 8W

23

NE SW SW

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

23

NW SE NE

Escape shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

23

SE NW SW

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

23

SE NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

110-125

6.0-7.0

MRP, RPBRPB method was in the older, western portion of the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Brandenberger (add)	Brandenberger No. 2 (add)	1888-1889	33,060

Glendale Coal and Mining Company (add)	Glendale No. 1 (add)	1889-1912 Idle 1909	1,408,221

Oakdale Coal and Mining Company (add)	Oakdale (add)	1912-1917	175,684

Ell-Rich Mining Company (add)	Ell-Rich (add)	1917-1931	923,762

White Coal Company (add)	White (add)	1931-1940	470,056

Washed Coal Company (add)	White (add)	1940-1946	131,469

Total Production: 3,142,252

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351051

3-30-1946

1:2400

1:4634

Final

Microfilm, document 351144

1918

1:2400

1:3972

Not final The mined area shown on the accompanying map is the approximate size expected for the production reported. This suggests that the mine outline is complete.

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) - Slope and shaft locations, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

Federal Land Bank Report (St. Clair County) - Thickness, depth.

Microfilm map, document 351051, reel 03134, frames 147,148 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline (eastern), mining method.

Microfilm map, document 351144, reel 03134, frames 283,284 - Mine outline (western), mining method.