Mine Index 6639 Standard Coal Company, Summit Mine

Mine Index Number: 6639

Company Name:	Standard Coal Company
Mine Name:	Summit Mine
Start Date:	1865	End Date:	1886
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	27
Acres after map date:	Less than 2	General Area of mining acres shown:
Most of the area shown was mined prior to production reports.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

St. Clair

1N 9W

11

NW SE NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 9W

11

SW NE NE

Geology

		Thickness (ft)
Seam	Depth (ft)	Min	Max	Ave	Mining Method

Herrin

175

5.0-6.0

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Summit Mining Company (add)	Summit (add)	1865-1884	14,347

Standard Coal Company (add)	Summit (add)	1884-1885	18,653

Standard Coal Company (add)	Summit (add)	1885-1886	8,500

Total Production: 41,500

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351017

11-5-1885

1:1200

1:1821

Not final

State archive, PB_96

9-15-1923

1:2400

1:2400

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Thickness, depth, seam, mine type, shaft locations.

Microfilm map, document 351017, reel 03134, frame 92 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

State archive, PB_96, map of Superior Mine (mine index 0078) - Mine outline (northern portion).