Mine Index 4305 B. J. West, West Mine

Mine Index Number: 4305

Company Name:	B. J. West
Mine Name:	West Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1874	End Date:	1885
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

27

SE SW NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

27

SE SW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

120

6.0

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Jacob Becker (add)	Becker (add)	pre1874-1883	8,100

B. J. West (add)	West (add)	1885	none 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.

Total Production: 8,100

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 350985

8-12-1886

1:1200

1:1738

Not final

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 350985, reel 03134, frame 51 - Shaft locations, mine outline, method.

Atlas of St. Clair County, Illinois, 1874, Warner & Beers, Chicago, Illinois - Years of operation.