Mine Index 3601 Abbey Coal and Mining Company, Abbey No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3601

Company Name:	Abbey Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Abbey No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1882	End Date:	1886
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	83
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:	160

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Springwell No. 1 shaft also labeled "Abbey No. 1"

St. Clair

2N 8W

4

NE NE SW

Bartlett shaft

St. Clair

2N 8W

4

SE SW NE

Springwell No. 2 shaft

St. Clair

2N 8W

4

SW NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

97-140

6.0-7.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Abbey Coal and Mining Company (add)	Abbey No. 1 (add)	pre1882-1886	218,763 Production and ownership prior to 1882 unknown. The source map refers to one shaft as the “Bartlett shaft”, indicating that Bartlett Coal Company may have been a previous owner. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 43 acres mined.

Total Production: 218,763

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company map

4-11-1924

1:2400

1:2400

Secondary source

Federal Land Bank Report

6-1934

1:126720

1:126720

Secondary source The Federal Land Bank Report also indicated that the area north of Abbey No. 1, west of Abbey No. 4 (mine index 3600) and south of Abbey No. 3 (mine index 2769) was mined. This area is shown as a general area of mining on the accompanying map.

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.

Old Ben archive collection, map of Consolidated Coal Company Mine No. 17 (mine index 0201) - Mine outline (northern, eastern and southern), shaft locations, mining method.

Federal Land Bank Report - Mine outline (western), shaft (Springwell No. 2).