Mine Index 4258 Frank Sargent and Son, Caseyville Mine

Mine Index Number: 4258

Company Name:	Frank Sargent and Son
Mine Name:	Caseyville Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1882	End Date:	1912
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	8
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

1N 8W

16

SW SE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

85-150

6.0-6.5

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Western Mining Company (add)	Great Western (add)	pre1882-1883	19,400 Production prior to 1882 is not known. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 18 acres were mined.

Frank Sargent and Son (add)	Caseyville (add)	1911-1912 Idle, abandoned, or operated under another name 1883-1911	23,437

Total Production: 42,837

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351103

3-23-1923

1:1200

1:2652

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Microfilm map, document 351103, reel 03134, frame 218, map of Pittsburg Mine (mine index 0341) - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.