Mine Index 4310   Dan Muskopf and Company,   Muskopf Mine

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

Mine Index Number: 4310

Company Name: Dan Muskopf and Company
Mine Name: Muskopf Mine
Start Date: 1880 End Date: 1890
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: None
Production Indicated Acres: 2 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main shaft St. Clair 1S 9W 16 NE NE NE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Herrin 48 6.0 RP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Teuerhahn, Muskopf and Company Teuerhahn and Muskopf 1880-1883 unknown [1]
Feurhan and Muskopf Feurhan and Muskopf 1883-1887 7,296
Dan Muskopf and Company Muskopf 1887-1890 4,456
Total Production: 11,752

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Standard Atlas of St. Clair County 1901 1:6670 1:6670 Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Standard Atlas of St. Clair County, Illinois, published by Geo. A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, 1901 - Shaft location.
Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois & History of St. Clair County, A. S. Wilderman & A. A. Wilderman, editors, Munsell Publishing Company, Chicago, 1907 - Opening year, ownership.

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Notes

  1. Production for this period is unknown; the mine was not listed in 1882 and may have been idle.