Mine Index 4290   German Mining Company,   German Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: St. Clair unlocated
County: St. Clair
Quadrangle: O'Fallon
County Coal Data: St. Clair
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 4290

Company Name: German Mining Company
Mine Name: German Mine
Start Date: Pre 1874 End Date: 1882
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: None
Production Indicated Acres: 1 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main slope St. Clair 1N 8W 28 NW SW NE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Herrin 40 6.5 Underground

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
German Mining Company German pre1874-1882 7,500 [1]
Total Production: 7,500

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
ISGS mined-out area map 1950 1:62,500 1:62,500 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.
ISGS 1950 mined-out area map, Area 27 - Shaft location.
Atlas of St. Clair County, Illinois, 1874, Warner and Beers, Chicago, Illinois - Years of operation.

Mine Notes

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Notes

  1. Production prior to 1882 is not known. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 50 acres were mined. The 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County shows a shaft at this location with a railroad spur, indicating mining was taking place here in the early 1870s.