Mine Index 3599 John Carroll, Vancourt Mine

Mine Index Number: 3599

Company Name:	John Carroll
Mine Name:	Vancourt Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1874	End Date:	1890
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	50
Acres after map date:	5	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

St. Clair

2N 7W

29

NE NE SE

Air shaft

St. Clair

2N 7W

29

SE NE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

200

7.5

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Vancourt Mining Company (add)	Vancourt (add)	pre1874-1884	7,850 Idle 1882. Production prior to 1882 is unknown. The Coal Report of 1883 indicates 40 acres were mined. The 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County shows a shaft at this location, indicating mining was taking place in the early 1870s.

Keating Brothers (add)	Vancourt (add)	1884-1886	2,353

B. J. Vancourt (add)	Vancourt (add)	1886-1887	5,000

John Carroll (add)	Vancourt (add)	1887-1890	32,950 Production after map date

Total Production: 48,153

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 350988

2-15-1887

1:1200

1:1986

Not final

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) - Thickness, depth, seam, mine type, shaft location.

Microfilm map, document 350988, reel 03134, frame 56 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.