Mine Index Number: 5585
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Mrs. Smidt
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| Mine Name:
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Smidt Mine
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| Start Date:
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1855
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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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| 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 Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Madison
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4N 8W
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3
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NW SW SE[1]
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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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96
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5.0
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| History of Madison County
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1882
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(text only) [4]
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Madison County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| History of Madison County, Illinois; Published by W. R. Brink & Co., Edwardsville, Illinois, 1882 - Mine location (general), ownership.
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| Bibliography
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| Robert Gibson, IDNR, personal communication, 3-10-2003 & 4-24-2003 - Shaft location (GPS), dates of operation from Edwardsville Intelligencer, 12-22-1870 edition.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Additional Notes
Notes
- ↑ 718 feet east and 190 feet north of Bartlett Mine shaft (mine index 6473). The shaft was 25 feet in diameter. Information from Robert Gibson (AML-OMM), personal communication, 4-24-2003.
- ↑ Production prior to 1881 unknown; no production reported in 1882 under this name. May be the same as the mine of unknown location listed at the back of this report under “R. Smith”.
- ↑ Production prior to 1881 unknown; no production reported in 1882 under this name. May be the same as the mine of unknown location listed at the back of this report under “R. Smith”.
- ↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
| 718 feet east and 190 feet north of Bartlett Mine shaft (mine index 6473). The shaft was 25 feet in diameter. Information from Robert Gibson (IDNR), personal communication, 4-24-2003.
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