Mine Index Number: 4305
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| 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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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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
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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120
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6.0
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RPB
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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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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 8,100
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| 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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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 350985, reel 03134, frame 51 - Shaft locations, mine outline, method.
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| Bibliography
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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
Photographs
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.
