Mine Index Number: 4305
| Company Name:
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B. J. West
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| Mine Name:
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West Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1874
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End Date:
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1885
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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8
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Main shaft
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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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27
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SE SW NE
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| Air shaft
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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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27
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SE SW NE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 350985
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8-12-1886
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1:1200
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1:1738
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Not final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Microfilm map, document 350985, reel 03134, frame 51 - Shaft locations, mine outline, method.
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| Atlas of St. Clair County, Illinois, 1874, Warner & Beers, Chicago, Illinois - Years of operation.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Atlas:
Map Date: 1874
Coal Co.: B. J. West
Mine Name: West
Microfilm: 350985
Map Date: 8-12-1886
Coal Co.: B. J. West
Mine Name: West
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Notes
- ↑ No production reported under this name. Production in 1884 and 1885, if any, is unknown. The 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County shows a shaft at this location, operated by J. Beker (sic). The landowner of the surrounding land was B. J. West. The source map states that "West's mine" was surveyed by the county engineer "in the employ of B. J. West", indicating the mine may have been leased. The 1950 ISGS mined-out area map had a shaft at this location called "Neupf Mine". No production was found for this name.
