Mine Index 3672 Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, Fairmount Mine

Disclaimer INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
	Unlocated Mines In:	Vermilion unlocated
	County:	Vermilion
	Quadrangle:	Oakwood
	County Coal Data:	Vermilion
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 3672


Company Name:	Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
Mine Name:	Fairmount Mine
Start Date:	1890	End Date:	1906
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	217
Production Indicated Acres:	6	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Vermilion

18N 13W

3

NW NE SW

Air shaft ^[1]

Vermilion

18N 13W

3

NW NE SW ^[2]

Geology

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

Danville

225

4.5-5.0

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Fairmount Coal Mining Company (add)	Fairmount (add)	1890-1892	42,871

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Fairmount (add)	1892-1906	898,998

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Fairmount (add)	1906-1906	27,638 ^[3]


Total Production: 969,507

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

State archive, MSHA_1041_01

3-1906

1:2400

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

State archive, MSHA_1041_01 - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	State Archive
	Map ID:	MSHA_1041
	Company:	Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
	Mine Name:	Fairmount
	Caption:
	Map Date:	03-1906
	Map Status:	Not Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:
	More Info:	M3672 MSHA 1041 01
	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!	https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/vermilion/m3672 MSHA 1041 01.zip

Photographs

Notes

↑ The air shaft location is not identified on the source map. It is only identified hand-drawn on a later print out of the map by an unknown source, so the location may be imprecise.
↑ The air shaft location is not identified on the source map. It is only identified hand-drawn on a later print out of the map by an unknown source, so the location may be imprecise.
↑ Production after map date

[1] The air shaft location is not identified on the source map. It is only identified hand-drawn on a later print out of the map by an unknown source, so the location may be imprecise.

[2] The air shaft location is not identified on the source map. It is only identified hand-drawn on a later print out of the map by an unknown source, so the location may be imprecise.

[3] Production after map date

[1]

[2]

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