Mine Index Number: 5277
| Company Name:
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Dutch Hill Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Dutch Hill Mine
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| Start Date:
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1888
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End Date:
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1906
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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9
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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A total of approximately 14 to 21 acres were mined; the additional acres are shown by a general area of mining.
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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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| Main shaft
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St. Clair
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2S 7W
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34
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SW NE SE
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| Shaft
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St. Clair
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2S 7W
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34
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SW NE SE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Rooms on the southern and northern parts of the mine were labeled “Caved”, and rooms in the northwestern and northern parts of the mine were labeled “Water”.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Sanborn Fire Insurance
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1910
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unknown
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1:24,000 The source map indicated a general location, which was located and digitized on the USGS New Athens East Quadrangle topographic map.
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Final
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| Company map
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undated
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Undated
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, 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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| Company map, loan courtesy of Marissa Historical & Genealogical Society - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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| Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, New Athens, 1910 - General shaft location, depth, thickness.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Company:
Map Date: Undated
Coal Co.: Dutch Hill Coal Company
Mine Name: Dutch Hill MIne
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