Mine Index Number: 4849
| 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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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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| 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
| Herrin
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80
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|
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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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| Thomas and Company
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Thomas
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pre1874-1882
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15,000 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).
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| 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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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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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
Atlas:
Map Date: 1874
Coal Co.: Thomas and Company
Mine Name: Thomas
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