Mine Index 3618 Lenzburg Coal Company, Lenzburg Mine

Mine Index Number: 3618

Company Name:	Lenzburg Coal Company
Mine Name:	Lenzburg Mine
Start Date:	1881	End Date:	1896
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	14
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

St. Clair

3S 7W

12

SE NW NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

3S 7W

12

SE NW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

60-90

5.5-6.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

William Miller (add)	Lenzburg (add)	1881-1882	125

Lenzburg Coal Company (add)	Lenzburg (add)	1882-1883	12,100

H. J. Henicke & Miller (add)	Lenzburg (add)	1883-1884	36,000

H. J. Heinicke (add)	Lenzburg (add)	1884-1886	49,053

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis Lessees H. J. Heinicke and D. Hainsel (add)	Lenzburg (add)	1886-1889	37,571

David Haensel (add)	Lenzburg (add)	1889-1893	35,767

William Miller (add)	Lenzburg (add)	1893-1895 Idle 1895	20,756

Lenzburg Coal Company (add)	Lenzburg (add)	1895-1896	1,200

Total Production: 192,572

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, PB_83

Undated

1:1200

1:1200

Undated

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine name, mine index, years of operation.

State archive, PB_83 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.