Mine Index Number: 4707
| Company Name:
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Electric Light and Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Electric Light and Coal Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1874
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End Date:
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1891
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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10
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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
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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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22
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NW SE SE shaft from WPA map
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| Cross Mine shaft
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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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22
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SE SW SE Shown on 1894 Sanborn-Perris Insurance map. (Labeled Cross Mine on 1884 Sanborn-Perris map) This shaft is adjacent to the electric company.
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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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| Jacob Brosius
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Brosius
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pre1874-1885
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24,385 Production & ownership prior to 1882 are not known. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 5 acres were mined.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Sanborn Fire Insurance
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1894
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1:800
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| WPA, document 351022
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3-1-1891
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1:12000
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1:24828
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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, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Insurance Maps of Belleville, Illinois, Sanborn-Perris Map Company, 1884 & 1894 - Shaft location.
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| WPA map (T1N-R8W) on microfilm, document 351022, reel 03134, frames 100 and 101 - Shaft location, mine outline.
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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
Microfilm: 351022
Map Date: 3-1-1891
Coal Co.: Electric Light and Coal Company
Mine Name: Electric Light and Coal
Full Res Download
Atlas:
Map Date: 1874
Coal Co.: Electric Light and Coal Company
Mine Name: Electric Light and Coal
Photographs
