Mine Index Number: 3599
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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John Carroll
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| Mine Name:
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Vancourt Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1874
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End Date:
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1890
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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50
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| Acres after map date:
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5
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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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2N 7W
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29
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NE NE SE
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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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29
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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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200
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|
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7.5
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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: 48,153
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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 350988
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2-15-1887
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1:1200
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1:1986
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Not final
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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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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| Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Thickness, depth, seam, mine type, shaft location.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 350988, reel 03134, frame 56 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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Microfilm:
350988Map Date: 2-15-1887
Coal Co.: John Carroll
Mine Name: Vancourt
Full Res Download
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Production after map date
