Mine Index 5585   Mrs. Smidt,   Smidt Mine

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Unlocated Mines In: Madison unlocated
County: Madison
Quadrangle: Edwardsville
County Coal Data: Madison
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
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Mine Index Number: 5585

Company Name: Mrs. Smidt
Mine Name: Smidt Mine
Start Date: 1855 End Date: 1882
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: None
Acres after map date: General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main shaft Madison 4N 8W 3 NW SW SE[1]

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Herrin 96 5.0 Underground

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Henry Ritter Ritter 1855-1870 Unknown[2]
Mrs. Smidt Smidt 1870-1875 Unknown[3]

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
History of Madison County 1882 (text only) [4] 1:24000 Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Madison County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
History of Madison County, Illinois; Published by W. R. Brink & Co., Edwardsville, Illinois, 1882 - Mine location (general), ownership.
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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Additional Notes

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. 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”.
  3. 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”.
  4. 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.