Mine Index Number: 6641
| Company Name:
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Nicholas Reeb
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| Mine Name:
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Reeb Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1874
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End Date:
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1883
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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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Less than 1
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General Area of mining acres shown:
|
|
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The Coal Report indicates 35 acres were mined prior to 1883.
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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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28
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SW NE NW
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Geology
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
| Microfilm, document 351098
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undated
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1:1200
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1:1986
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Undated
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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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| Microfilm map, document 351098, reel 03134, frame 212 - Shaft location, mine outline.
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| Atlas of St. Clair County, 1874, Warner & Beers, Chicago, Illinois - Years of operation.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Atlas:
Map Date: 1874
Coal Co.: German Mining Company
Mine Name: German
Microfilm: 351098
Map Date: Undated
Coal Co.: Nicholas Reeb
Mine Name: Reeb
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Notes
- ↑ Ownership and production prior to 1883 are not known. The Coal Report of 1883 indicates 35 acres were mined. The 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County shows a shaft with a railroad spur at this location, indicating that mining was taking place in the early 1870s.
