Mine Index 4268 Philip Weber and Company, Greenfield Mine

Mine Index Number: 4268

Company Name:	Philip Weber and Company
Mine Name:	Greenfield Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1881	End Date:	1883
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	16
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

SE SW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

120

6.0-6.5

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Kuntz-Bodman An undated map of the "Kuntz-Bodman Mine" is an earlier version of the Greenfield Mine. (add)	Kuntz-Bodman (add)	unknown

Greenfield Coal Company (add)	Greenfield (add)	pre1881-1882	10,000 Production prior to 1882 unknown. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 16 acres mined.

Philip Weber and Company (add)	Greenfield (add)	1882-1883 The source map indicates the mine was abandoned due to flooding.	8,000

Total Production: 18,000

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351026

3-15-1915

1:1200

1:2317

Secondary source

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.

Microfilm map, document 351026, reel 03134, frame 107, map of West Belleville Mine (mine index 3524) - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Microfilm map, document 350992, reel 03134, frame 62 - Ownership.