Mine Index 3541 Perry Coal Company, South Belleville Mine

Mine Index Number: 3541

Company Name:	Perry Coal Company
Mine Name:	South Belleville Mine
Start Date:	1884	End Date:	May 1925
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	87
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

34

1525 FSL, 55 FWL

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

33

SE NE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

60

6.0-6.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Sebastian Kronerberger (add)	Kronerberger (add)	1884-1887	5,380Idle 1886.

Sebastian and Kronerberger (add)	Sebastian and Kronerberger (add)	1887-1889	775

William Lattman (add)	Lattman (add)	1904-1911	97,062

Belleville Colliery Company (add)	Lattman (add)	1911-1913	37,490

William Lattman (add)	Lattman (add)	1913-1917	62,328

Lattman-Reeb Coal Company (add)	Lattman-Reeb (add)	1917-1918	24,520

South Belleville Coal Company (add)	Lattman (add)	1918-1921	87,598

Perry Coal Company (add)	South Belleville (add)	1921-1925	109,858

Total Production: 425,011

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351033 This source map shows an area designated "Old Works of Homeier Mine", indicating there was a previous owner to this mine.

8-11-1931

1:2400

1:3145

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Microfilm map, document 351033, reel 03134, frame 118 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, shaft locations.