Mine Index Number: 4330
| Company Name:
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Welch Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Excelsior Mine
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| Start Date:
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1882
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End Date:
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1886
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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19
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Excelsior Mine is connected underground to Victor Mine (mine index 4331) on the western side and Birkner Mine (mine index 3496) on the southern side.
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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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6
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NW NE NW
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| Air shaft
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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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6
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NW NE NW
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Geology
| Herrin
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110-120
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|
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6.0-7.0
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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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| Evan W. Harris
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Harris
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pre1882-1883
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21,760 Production prior to 1882 is not known. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 12 acres were mined.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| State archive, IL_221
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2-2-1930
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, thickness, depth.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| State archive, IL_221, map of Valley Mine (mine index 3615) - Shaft locations, mine outline, method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Company map: IL_221
Map Date: 2-2-1930
Coal Co.: Welch Mining Company
Mine Name: Victor Mine
Image Credit: Illinois Department of Natural Resources - Office of Mines and Minerals
Photographs
