Mine Index Number: 3613
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Edgemont Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Edgemont Mine
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| Start Date:
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1889
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End Date:
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1941
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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88
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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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| Buxton/Charleton drift
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St. Clair
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2N 9W
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35
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NW SW NW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| "Ziska" drift
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St. Clair
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2N 9W
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35
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SE NW NW
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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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50-80
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5.0-6.0
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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: 520,685
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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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| State archive, IL_393_03
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2-7-1942
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1:1200
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1:1200
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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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| Company map, state archive, IL_393_03 - Drift locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 351081, reel 03134, frame 185 - Mine ownership (Charleton).
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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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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: IL_393_03
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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State Archive
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| Map ID:
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IL_393_03
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| Company:
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Edgemont Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Edgemont
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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2-7-1942
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| Map Status:
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Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M3613 IL 393 03
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/st clair/m3613 IL 393 03.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Operation between 1899 and 1914 unknown (may have been idled or abandoned)
- ↑ Production not reported in 1922.
