Mine Index Number: 3595
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
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| Mine Name:
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Morris Mine
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| Start Date:
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1874
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End Date:
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1887
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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12
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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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29
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A general area of mining has been added east of the mine, where the shafts were shown on the 1874 and 1876 atlas maps.
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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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2N 7W
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27
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NW NE NE
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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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2N 7W
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22
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SW SE SE
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Old air shaft
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St. Clair
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2N 7W
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27
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SW NE NE
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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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150-185
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4.5-5.25
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RPB
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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: 74,830
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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 351012
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6-1-1886
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1:960
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1:1589
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Not final
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, 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 351012, reel 03134, frame 86 - Mine outline, shaft locations, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Atlas of the State of Illinois, 1876, Union Atlas Company, Chicago, Illinois - Years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Atlas of St. Clair County, 1874, Warner and Beers, Chicago, Illinois - Years of operation.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Ownership and production prior to 1882 unknown. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 16 acres mined. The 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County shows William Nichols & Company mine at this location.
