Mine Index Number: 3541
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Perry Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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South Belleville Mine
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| Start Date:
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1884
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End Date:
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May 1925
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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87
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main shaft
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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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34
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1525 FSL, 55 FWL
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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33
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SE NE SE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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60
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6.0-6.5
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MRP
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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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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 425,011
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Microfilm, document 351033 [2]
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8-11-1931
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1:2400
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1:3145
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Final
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 351033, reel 03134, frame 118 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, shaft locations.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Idle 1886.
- ↑ This source map shows an area designated "Old Works of Homeier Mine", indicating there was a previous owner to this mine.
