Mine Index Number: 4849
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Thomas and Company
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| Mine Name:
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Thomas Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1874
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End Date:
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1882
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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2
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
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An additional 15 acres were reported to have been mined.
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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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22
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NW NE SE
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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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80
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7.0
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Underground
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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: 15,000
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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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| Atlas of St. Clair County
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1874
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1:3840
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, 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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| An Illustrated Historical Atlas of St. Clair County, Illinois, Warner & Beers, Chicago, 1874, reproduced by Marissa Historical and Genealogical Society, Marissa Illinois, 1984 - Mine name, location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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Notes
- ↑ Production prior to 1882 unknown. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 15 acres mined. The 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County indicates that mining was taking place in the early 1870s. The location of this mine indicates it may have been the precursor to the Highland Mine (mine index 3528).
