THE CLAY MINES AND FACTORIES IN CHELTENHAM/DOGTOWN AND THEN ALL OF ST. LOUIS

LOUIS SCHMIDT

" CLAY MINES AND FACTORIES"

"MINES OF ST.LOUIS (FROM MAP OF 1990?)"

    MINES MAINLY IN CHELTENHAM/DOGTOWN AREA

  1. CHOTEAU MINE ALONG BERTHOLD NEAR KINGSHIGHWAY 4MI. WEST OF COURTHOUSE. 30-FT DEEP SHAFT 2-4 FT THICK COAL DATE-1853.
  2. HYDRAULIC PRESS BRICK #3 AT NEW MANCHESTER AND RIVER DES PERES .5MI. NORTH OF HYDRAULIC #2 75-FT DEEP SHAFT 7-FT. THICK CLAY DATE-1896.
  3. A.C.STEUVER MINE AT MACKLIND AND BERTHOLD, SOUTH OF FOREST PARK 90-FT DEEP SHAFT CLAY DATE-1909-1911.
  4. HIGHLANDS COMPANY MINE AT MACKLIND, CAIRNS, OAKLAND, AND BERTHOLD 26-28-FT DEEP SHAFT 2-4 FT THICK COAL AND MAYBE CLAY DATE ?.
  5. UNKNOWN MINE AT MACKLIND TO ARENA AND SOUTH TO NEAR MANCHESTER 40-FT DEEP SHAFT 2-6FT THICK COAL DATE-1860'S TO LATE 1800'S.
  6. DAVID JONES MINE AT FOREST PARK BENEATH PORTION OF ST.LOUIS ZOO 25-FT DEEP SHAFT 2FT-4FT6IN THICK COAL DATE-EARLY 1900'S VOIDS AT 500-507 FT ELEVATION.
  7. UNKNOWN MINE BENEATH DEACONESS HOSPITAL A SLOPE UNKNOWN THICKNESS COAL DATE-1920'S.
  8. GITTENS MINE BETWEEN CLAYTON AVE. AND BERTHOLD, JUST WEST OF TAMM AVE. 3 SHAFTS 100 FT DEEP THICKNESS UNKNOWN CLAY DATE 1914-1917 CONTROLLED 26 ACRES.
  9. HIGHLANDS #4 AT LOUISVILLE, WEST PARK, KRAFT, AND VILLA SLOPE AND SHAFT 7FT6IN THICK CLAY -1937- ONCE OWNED BY PITTSBURG PLATE GLASS-CLAY DIVISION, 7-FT WIDE, 6-FT HIGH ENTRY TUNNELS.
  10. MISSOURI FIRE BRICK MINE AT KRAFT AND DALE 44-FT DEEP SHAFT UNKNOWN THICKNESS COAL?CLAY DATE UNKNOWN.
  11. GRANDVIEW FIRE CLAY- VAN CLEAVE MINE AT DALE NEAR LOUISVILLE SLOPE UNKNOWN THICKNESS CLAY DATE-1909-1911-.
  12. MISSOURI FIRE CLAY MINE AT LOUISVILLE, NORTH OF DALE AVE. SHAFT CLAY DATE -1911-.
  13. "DIGGINGS" "DOGTOWN" AREA 10-20-FT DEEP SHAFTS 2-4-FT THICK COAL DATE LATE 1800'S NUMEROUS SMALL SHAFTS TO REACH COAL FOR DOMESTIC USE; MANY SHAFTS IN RESIDENTIAL BASEMENTS.
  14. ROBERTS (HIRAM) MINE AT VICTORIA; WEST OF HAMPTON 75-FT DEEP SHAFT UNKNOWN THICKNESS CLAY DATE -1911-.
  15. HENRY AND HIRAM ROBERTS MINE AT SULPHUR AND HAMPTON 75-FT DEEP SHAFT UNKNOWN THICKNESS CLAY DATE -1909-.
  16. BERRESHELM'S MINE AT PIERCE AND WEST PARK SLOPE UNKNOWN THICKNESS CLAY DATE -UNKNOWN.
  17. MITCHELL'S MINE AT PIERCE AND VICTORIA SHAFT UNKNOWN THICKNESS CLAY DATE UNKNOWN.
  18. JONES MINE NORTH OF NEW MANCHESTER; PIERCE, WEST PARK, AND SUBLETTE; WEST OF WRISBURG 75-FT DEEP SHAFT 9-FT THICKNESS CLAY DATE-1883- POSSIBLY OWNED BY BERRESHEIM LATER.
  19. EVANS AND HOWARD #7 MINE; NORTH PIT; WRISBURG BETWEEN LEAGUE, WEST PARK, AND LILLY; NORTH OF RIVER DES PERES 45-FT DEEP SHAFT 1- FT THICK FOR COAL, AND 11 FT THICK FOR CLAY DATE-1896-.
  20. HYDRAULIC FIRE CLAY MINE AT SUBLETTE AND BERTHOLD SHAFT UNKNOWN THICKNESS COAL & CLAY DATE UNKNOWN.
  21. EVANS AND HOWARD MINE AT HOWARD STATION ON MO PAC AND FRISCO RAILROAD 50-FT DEEP SHAFT UNKNOWN THICKNESS CLAY DATE -1855- ADJACENT TO EVANS AND HOWARD FACTORY.
  22. LACLEDE MINE AT SOUTH BANK OF RIVER DES PERES DRIFT 1FT 6IN THICK COAL, AND 6 TO 7FT THICK CLAY DATE 1855-1869- LACLEDE BOUGHT MINE FROM HAMILTON AND GREEN IN 1869.
  23. EVANS AND HOWARD #11 MINE AT NORTHWEST CORNER OF MANCHESTER AND HAMPTON 47-FT DEEP SHAFT 6 TO 8FT THICK (COAL?/CLAY) DATE -1911-.
  24. CHELTENHAM CLAY COMPANY MINE AT FOREST AND MITCHELL SHAFT UNKNOWN THICKNESS CLAY DATE -1916 5 ACRES CONTROLLED (1916).
  25. GILKER FIRE CLAY MINE AT N/W CORNER OF MANCHESTER AND McCAUSLAND IMMEDIATELY WEST OF MATTHIESON AND HEGLER DRIFT 5FT DEEP CLAY DATE -1896- PILLARS ROBBED. 10-15FT PILLARS. ENTRIES 7FT WIDE AND 100 OR 140FT LONG.
  26. MATTHIESON AND HEGKER MINE N/W CORNER OF FOREST AND MANCHESTER. ONE MILE WEST OF CHELTENHAM; NORTH OF NEW MANCHESTER DRIFT 4FT 6IN DEEP CLAY DATE 1863-1896- 11 ACRES MINED OUT BY 1896.

    Corbett's note: In putting this file into html, I did take the last three above from the list below and moved them up so that all the mines which could be classified in the Cheltenham/Dogtown area were so. However, this does mean that the numbers in this middle section do not quite correspond to Louis Schmidt's source.

    MINES NOT IN CHELTENHAM/DOGTOWN

  27. HYDRAULIC PRESS BRICK #2 MINE AT SOUTHWEST CORNER OF KINGSHIGHWAY AND ST.LOUIS/SANFRANSISCO RAILROAD 65-FT DEEP SHAFT 3INCHES THICK-COAL; AND 7 FT THICK CLAY DATE -1896- ENTRIES 8-9 FT WIDE; 20 FT PILLARS.
  28. HYDRAULIC PRESS BRICK #4 MINE AT KINGSHIGHWAY AND McREE 65 FT DEEP SHAFT UNKNOWN THICKNESS CLAY DATE -1909-.
  29. SUBLETTE AND THOMAS MINE AT CORNER OF SHAW AND HEREFORD SHAFT UNKNOWN THICKNESS COAL DATE 1842-1856.
  30. SUBLETTE MINES (3 MINES) AT SUBLETTE TO MARCONI; SOUTH TO COLUMBIA (SULPHUR SPRINGS FARM) SHAFTS (3 OR MORE) UNKNOWN THICKNESS COAL DATE 1835-1842.
  31. LACLEDE CHRISTY #7 MINE AT WILSON, PATTISON, LILLY, AND MACKLIND SHAFT AND DRIFT 6FT 6IN THICK CLAY DATE 1915-1921 ADJOINS EVANS AND HOWARD PROPERTY ON THE NORTH; ENTRIES 9FT 6IN WIDE
  32. TIEPELMAN PIT MINE AT SOUTH RIVER DES PERES AND SUBLETTE DRIFT THICKNESS UNKNOWN CLAY DATE -1890-.
  33. EVANS AND HOWARD #6 MINE; SOUTH PIT IN WEST ST.LOUIS ; SOUTH OF RIVER DES PERES 65FT DEEP SHAFT 2IN THICK COAL, AND 7FT THICK CLAY DATE -1896-.
  34. LAGARCE PIT MINE AT BASE OF HILL; SOUTH OF RIVER DES PERES DRIFT THICKNESS UNKNOWN CLAY DATE -1890-.
  35. ARROW #1 MINE VAN CLEAVE AT 6500 SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD 45FT DEEP SHAFT UNKNOWN THICKNESS CLAY DATE 1863-1896- JOINS LACLEDE-CHRISTY #17 MINE.
  36. LACLEDE-CHRISTY GRANDVIEW #17 MINE AT ST.LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO RAILROAD, SOUTHWEST AVE. NORTH OF COLUMBIA AND SOUTHWEST 3 DRIFTS UNKNOWN THICKNESS CLAY DATE 1923-1945 PILLARS REMOVED. OLDER MINE TO SOUTH OF #17 AT TAMM AVE.
  37. LACLEDE-CHRISTY #11 MINE AT COLUMBIA,HAMPTON, ELIZABETH, AND SULPHUR SHAFTS 7FT 6IN DEEP (COAL?/CLAY DATE 1918-1923 ENTRIES 11FT WIDE, DRILLED INTO KRUMMEL AND BUCHNER MINE TO SOUTH.
  38. LACLEDE-CHRISTY #1 AND #2 MINES AT HAMPTON, JANUARY,COLUMBIA, AND WILSON DRIFTS AND SHAFTS; 20 TO 30FT DEEP WORKINGS UNKNOWN THICKNESS CLAY DATE 1900-1947 PILLARS REMOVED.
  39. KRUMMEL AND BUCHNER MINE AT COLUMBIA AVENUE AND 59TH STREET 44FT DEEP COAL/ 92FT DEEP CLAY COAL 2FT 6IN THICK/ CLAY 7FT THICK DATE -1911- INTERCEPTED BY LACLEDE CHRISTY #1 AND #2 MINES.
  40. GUELKER #4 MINE AT SUBLETTE,STEPHEN, ELIZABETH, AND BISCHOFF SHAFT 7FT DEEP CLAY DATE 1911-1919 JOINS LACLEDE-CHRISTY #4 MINE.
  41. LACLEDE-CHRISTY #4 MINE AT COLUMBIA, SUBLETTE, WILSON, AND EDWARDS SHAFTS 7FT 6IN DEEP CLAY DATE 1914-1948 JOINS GUELKER #4 MINE.
  42. EDWARDS AND HEREFORD MINE AT MARCONI, SOUTHWEST, AND KINGSHIGHWAY 3 SHAFTS UNKNOWN THICKNESS COAL DATE UNKNOWN.
  43. BLACKMER POST MINE AT ARSENAL, RAILROAD, COLUMBIA, AND KINGSHIGHWAY 90FT DEEP SHAFT UNKNOWN THICKNESS CLAY DATE 1878- OWNED 60 ACRES.
  44. VAN CLEAVE MINE AT SOUTHWEST AND WATSON ROAD 110FT DEEP SHAFT UNKNOWN THICKNESS CLAY DATE -1903-.
  45. BLACKMER POST MINE AT WATSON ROAD 80FT DEEP SHAFT UNKNOWN THICKNESS CLAY DATE -1909-1913-.
  46. JAMIESON PIT MINE NORTH OF SCANLAN; OPPOSITE COFFIN MINE SHAFT UNKNOWN THICKNESS CLAY DATE -1896-.
  47. COFFIN MINE AT WATSON AND SCANLAN NEAR GRATIOT 60FT DEEP SHAFT 4 TO 6FT THICK CLAY DATE 1878-1895- 1878 OWNED BY JAMIESON 1892 OWNED BY COFFIN 1895 - SOLD TO AMERICAN CLAY.
  48. PRIME WESTERN SPELTER CO. MINE AT WATSON AND FYLER SLOPE; AIR SHAFT, WORKINGS 50FT DEEP UNKNOWN THICKNESS CLAY DATE -1909-.
  49. HUMES MINE AT SUBLETTE AND FYLER SHAFT UNKNOWN THICKNESS (COAL?/ CLAY) DATE -1911-.
  50. MISSISSIPPI GLASS MINE AT SUBLETTE 97FT DEEP SHAFT UNKNOWN THICKNESS CLAY DATE -1909-.
  51. TOLE AND THORP FIRE CLAY MINE 2 MILES WEST OF PARKER-RUSSELL MINES ON SPUR OF OAK HILL RAILROAD NEAR INSANE ASYLUM COAL 32FT DEEP SHAFT/ CLAY 93FT DEEP SHAFT ( COAL 2TO4FT THICK/ CLAY 3 TO 12FT THICK DATE 1880- 43 ACRES MINED.
  52. PARKER RUSSELL MINE AT FAIRVIEW, WEST OF KINGSHIGHWAY SHAFT UNKNOWN THICKNESS COAL?/CLAY DATE -1911-.
  53. RUSSELL MINE 5 SHAFTS; 35 TO 45FT DEEP 4 TO 5FT THICK COAL DATE 1840'S-1880'S ONE OF FIRST COAL MINES IN CITY OF ST.LOUIS.
  54. HALLOCK CLAY MINE; WADE BROTHERS MINE AT ARSENAL STREET AT ENTRANCE TO TOWER GROVE PARK SLOPE, 2 AIR SHAFTS UNKNOWN THICKNESS CLAY DATE 1908- MINED CLAY BENEATH EXTENSIVE RUSSELL COAL MINES.
  55. PARKER-RUSSELL MINE GUSTINE AT McDONALD 20-30FT DEEP SHAFT 6FT THICK COAL DATE -1917- ABANDONED AND REOPENED IN 1917 FOR LOCAL USE.
  56. HUNT AND McDONALD MINE AT ARSENAL, GRAND, GRAVOIS, AND GUSTINE 22-38FT DEEP SHAFTS 3-6FT THICK COAL DATE -1853-.
  57. MORROW AND McGREGGOR MINE SOUTH AND WEST OF GRAND AND GRAVOIS; NORTH OF CHIPPAWA; SOUTH OF HUNT AND McDONALD 4 SHAFTS 3FT 6IN THICK COAL DATE -1853-.
  58. PETER DELORE'S MINE SOUTH OF MORROW AND McGREGGOR, EAST OF GRAVOIS SHAFT 3FT 6IN THICK COAL DATE -1853-.
  59. HYDRAULIC PRESS BRICK #6 MINE AT CHIPPEWA, MERAMEC, ALEXANDER, AND BAMBERGER 16FT DEEP SHAFT 3IN THICK COAL/ 8FT THICK CLAY DATE -1925- MOST ENTRIES UNDER ALLEYS, ENTRIES UNDER STREETS BRICKED (6FTX 7FT 6IN) AND OTHERS TIMBERED (8FTX7FT).
  60. BINGHAM MINES AT OSCEOLA AND GRAVOIS SHAFT 2-4FT THICK COAL DATE LATE 1800'S INTERCEPTED THIS MINE IN 1930 WHEN GRAVOIS WAS WIDENED.
  61. PARKER RUSSELL FIRE CLAY MINE AT THOLOZAN AND MORGANFORD COAL 80FT DEEP SHAFT AND 4 TO 6FT THICK / CLAY 117FT DEEP SHAFT AND 3 TO 7FT THICK DATES COAL 1820-1887 / CLAY 1866-1887 FIRST COAL DISCOVERY IN ST.LOUIS; PILLARS ROBBED IN 1887.
  62. PARKER-RUSSELL MINE AT MORGANFORD AND POTOMAC SHAFT THICKNESS UNKNOWN COAL DATE -1911- / CLAY DATE ?.
  63. THE ALLEY AT BECK, MORGANFORD, KINGSHIGHWAY, AND CHIPPEWA SHAFTS AND PITS THICKNESS UNKNOWN COAL DATE LATE 1800'S-EARLY 1900'S MINERS WORKED THIS AREA FOR THEIR OWN DOMESTIC USE.
  64. LACLEDE-CHRISTY #3 MINE AT BANCROFT, PERNOD, JANUARY, AND MACKLIND SHAFTS THICKNESS UNKNOWN COAL DATE EARLY 1900'S / CLAY ? JOINS LACLEDE-CHRISTY #8 BUT OLDER MINE.
  65. GOETZ MINE AT SUBLETTE AND PERNOD SHAFT THICKNESS UNKNOWN CLAY DATE -1911-.
  66. SUPERIOR PRESS BRICK MINE AT MARQUETTE, PERNOD, REGAL, AND TEDMAR 6SHAFTS 25-100FT DEEP THICKNESS UNKNOWN COAL DATE -1908 / CLAY ? COAL MIMED FIRST, REOPENED TO MINE CLAY, BETWEEN MARQUETTE AND POTOMAC; TUNNELS 25FT DEEP. TUNNELS PARTIALLY COLLAPSED.
  67. LACLEDE-CHRISTY #8 MINE AT BANCROFT, PERNOD, JANUARY, AND KINGSHIGHWAY WORKINGS 53-60FT DEEP 6FT THICK CLAY DATE 1916-1923 JOINS LACLEDE-CHRISTY #3 TO EAST; NO PILLARS BENEATH CHIPPEWA.
  68. MITCHELL CLAY MANUFACTURING CO. MINE AT JANUARY BETWEEN THOLOZAN AND CHIPPEWA 27FT DEEP SHAFT 6FT THICK CLAY DATE 1937-1944- 6FT 7IN HIGH AND 6FT WIDE ENTRY TUNNELS; PROPS PULLED AFTER MINING.
  69. UNKNOWN MINE NAME HAMPTON AND DEVONSHIRE 28FT DEEP WORKINGS APPROX. 10FT OF VOID COAL ? / CLAY ? DATE UNKNOWN 5FT ACTUAL VOID FOUND AND 5FT FILL MATERIAL ENCOUNTERED.
  70. CHRISTY FIRECLAY MINE 0.5 MI.WEST OF MORGANFORD AND GRAVOIS SHAFT UP TO 14FT THICK CLAY DATE -1896-.
  71. CHRISTY MINE AT DELOR AND ALFRED SHAFT THICKNESS UNKNOWN COAL / CLAY DATE LATE 1800'S.
  72. CHRISTY FIRE CLAY MINE AT MORGANFORD AND GRAVOIS 65FT DEEP SHAFT 1FT THICK COAL / 3-4FT THICK CLAY DATE 1857 ROOM AND PILLAR MINE.
  73. OAK HILL FIRE CLAY #1 MINE AT WALSH, NEOSHO, GERRIT, AND RAY 30-70FT DEEP SHAFT 7FT THICK CLAY DATE 1922-1928 8X7FT ENTRIES. TOP DOWN AFTER MINING.
  74. JAMIESON MINE AT BARTOLDS 1 MI. NORTH OF BARTOLDS NEAR HANLEY RD. 3 SHAFTS 2- 40FT 6IN & 1 48FT DEEP 4-14 FT THICK CLAY DATE 1882-1886.
  75. JAMIESON FRENCH MINE AT HANLEY AND BRUNO RD. SHAFT 73FT 8IN DEEP 8FT 6IN THICK CLAY DATE -1911- SOLD TO EVANS AND HOWARD.
  76. BAUSCH CLAY MINE AT HANLEY ROAD AND EAGER ROAD 60FT DEEP SHAFT (2 AIR SHAFTS) THICKNESS UNKNOWN CLAY DATE -1909- CONTROLLED 18 ACRES (1916).
  77. GEORGE J. BERRESHEIM #2 MINE REDBUD AND ST.LOUIS BELT AND TERMINAL RAILROAD SHAFT THICKNESS UNKNOWN CLAY DATE 1914-.
  78. GEORGE J. BERRESHEIM #3 MINE LINDEN AT BUCK AVE. 60FT DEEP SHAFT THICKNESS UNKNOWN CLAY DATE 1918-1920'S- COAL AT 18FT DEPTH, BUT NOT MINED; TUNNELS OPEN.
  79. UNKNOWN MINE NAME MID-COUNTY INDUSTRIAL PARK 35-45FT DEEP SHAFTS THICKNESS UNKNOWN CLAY DATE UNKNOWN TUNNELS OPEN.
  80. EVANS AND HOWARD #5 MINE 840 MIDLAND VINITA PARK WORKINGS 25-75 FT DEEP THICKNESS UNKNOWN CLAY DATE 1917-1954 PARTIALLY COLLAPSED.
  81. UNKNOWN MINE NAME ST.CHARLES ROCK ROAD AND LACKLIND SHAFT THICKNESS UNKNOWN CLAY DATE UNKNOWN.
  82. UNKNOWN MINE NAME I170 AND VENTURE STORE 45-75FT DEEP SHAFTS THICKNESS UNKNOWN CLAY DATE -1924- SOME SUPPORTS STANDING AND SOME PULLED; DEEPER PROPS STILL STANDING.
  83. GARTSIDES MINE NEAR CITY FARM, 1/3 MI.NORTH OF RUSSELL MINE 5 SHAFTS, 47FT DEEP 4FT 6IN THICK COAL DATE -1855-.
  84. BUCHANAN'S MINE AT WEST RIVER DES PERES (LOCATION TOO VAGUE) 41FT DEEP SHAFT THICKNESS UNKNOWN COAL DATE -1853-.
  85. WATKINS COAL BANK SOUTHEAST T 47 N / R 7 W DRIFT 4-6FT THICK COAL DATE 1800'S.
  86. HAMBLETON MINE BETWEEN BELFONTAINE AND NEW BREMEN CEMETERY BANK 8FT THICK CLAY DATE -1853-.
  87. SHREVE MINE 1/4 MI. WEST OF HAMBLETON MINE THICKNESS UNKNOWN COAL / CLAY DATE -1853-.
  88. SATTLER PITS SCHANTZ LAND ON WATKINS CREEK NEAR CHAIN OF ROCKS 50FT DEEP SHAFT COAL 20IN THICK / CLAY 6FT THICK DATE 1871-1880.
  89. UNKNOWN MINE MEINTZ LAND BETWEEN BADEN AND CHAIN OF ROCKS ON COLUMBIA BOTTOMS ROAD DEPTH UNKNOWN 7FT THICK CLAY DATE 1890-.
  90. BADEN DEPTH UNKNOWN THICKNESS UNKNOWN CLAY DATE UNKNOWN.
  91. MALCOM STATION MINE SOUTHEAST OF CREVE COEUR LAKE DEPTH UNKNOWN CLAY DATE UNKNOWN.
  92. ST.LOUIS CLAY BURNING MINE CASTELLO NEAR CREVE COEUR LAKE EVERYTHING UNKNOWN CLAY DATE UNKNOWN.
  93. ST.LOUIS VITRIFIED FIRE BRICK MINE DORSETTE AND FEE FEE ROAD EVERYTHING UNKNOWN CLAY DATE UNKNOWN.
  94. LOUIS AND HARTER MINE END OF HALLS FERRY ROAD AT BROADWAY DEPTH UNKNOWN 4FT THICK COAL DATE UNKNOWN.
  95. KEMPER COLLEGE MINE ALONG ARSENAL BETWEEN HAMPTON AND KINGSHIGHWAY DEPTH UNKNOWN 2-4FT THICK COAL DATE 1838 OPERATED BY STUDENTS.

"CLAY FACTORIES IN GRATIOT LEAGUE SQUARE"

(FROM THE HISTORY OF CHELTENHAM AND ST.JAMES CHURCH-- PG.8--) THE EXACT DATE OF THE FINDING OF CLAY AT CHELTENHAM IS NOT FULLY ESTABLISHED BUT PAUL M.? GRATIOT ENGAGED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FIRE BRICK IN A SMALL WAY AS EARLY AS 1837. HIS WORKS WERE SITUATED ON KINGSHIGHWAY.

THERE IS EVEN EVIDENCE THAT HIS FATHER CHARLES GRATIOT MINED COAL. WHEN CHARLES GRATIOT RECEIVED THE SPANISH LAND GRANT OF GRATIOT LEAGUE SQUARE, HIS IMPROVEMENTS WERE A HOUSE, ORCHARD, GARDEN, "COAL MINE", SALINE AND MILL SITES. HE RECEIVED THE GRANT IN 1798. IT SEEMS TO ME, UNOFFICIALLY, THE CLAY WAS USUALLY FOUND A LITTLE DEEPER THAN COAL. (NOT VERIFIED). I HAVE YET TO RESEARCH THE ROCK QUARRIES, WHICH MUST HAVE BEEN VERY EARLY. MINING MUST HAVE BEEN FIRST IN THE MINDS OF THE LAND BARONS. THE FUR BUSINESS WAS THE MAIN FOCUS, BUT SOMEONE MUST HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE GROUND A LOT. MAYBE THE SULPHUR SPRINGS LED TO THE COAL, THEN THE GEOLOGISTS FIGURED IN THE CLAY. THEN AGAIN THE LIMESTONE QUARRIES COULD HAVE LED THEM TO THE COAL AND CLAY.

"REFERENCE AND CONTOUR MAP WITH LOCATIONS OF MINES".

  1. LACLEDE FIRE BRICK CO.#2 STARTED IN 1887--ABOUT 300FT. SOUTHWEST OF #1

    LACLEDE FIRE BRICK CO.#3 STARTED IN 1902--BETWEEN WILSON AND RIVER DES PERES ABOUT 1910,LACLEDE CONSOLIDATED WITH CHRISTY FIRE CLAY CO. UNDER THE FIRM NAME OF LACLEDE-CHRISTY AND OPERATED THE PLANTS AT 4705 RIDGEWOOD AND AT SULPHUR SPRINGS.

    JAMES GREEN HAD TWO SONS, THOMAS, WHO LIVED ON AN ESTATE IN THE 6100 BLOCK OF WEST PARK AVE. UNTIL HIS DEATH, AND JACK GREEN, WHO MANAGED THE BUSINESS AFTER THE RETIREMENT OF HIS FATHER. IN 1937 THE OFFICERS WERE J.L. GREEN-PRES. W.J. WESTPHALEN-VICE PRES. AND GENERAL MANAGER, AND J.N. BAGGOT-SECRETARY.

    I HAVE FOUND A LISTING OF MINES,AND FOUND A LACLEDE-CHRISTY GRANDVIEW #17 MINE MAKING QUITE A LARGE HOLDING OF MINES AND FACTORIES.

    THE LATEST DATE OF LACLEDE-CHRISTY MINING SEEMS TO BE 1948 (#4 MINE) AT COLUMBIA,SUBLETTE,WILSON,AND EDWARDS.

  2. CHELTENHAM FIRE BRICK CO.--STARTED 1855--LATER OPERATED BY EVANS AND HOWARD--FROM TAMM TO BILLON,ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MANCHESTER.
  3. MITCHELL CLAY MANUFACTURING CO.--STARTED 1857--ON NORTH SIDE OF MANCHESTER BETWEEN SUBLETTE AND PIERCE.(5625-LOT#3&4)--PRESIDENT- STANISLAUS MITCHELL.
  4. HANNA AND COMPANY--STARTED IN 1861--PRES.-ROGERS--BECAME HYDRAULIC PRESS BRICK COMPANY--OFFICERS-E.C.&T.W. STERLING -IN 1866 LOCATION EAST AND WEST OF KINGSHIGHWAY,NORTH OF MANCHESTER. THE COMPANY OPERATED PLANTS IN 14 OTHER CITIES. IN ST.LOUIS ALONE IN 1904 THE COMPANY AVERAGED DAILY-642,000 BRICKS,OR 192,000,000 A YEAR. THE COMPANY EMPLOYED 1,050 MEN THAT YEAR.
  5. BLACKMER AND POST FIRE CLAY PRODUCT CO.--STARTED IN 1878--ON HEREFORD NORTH OF ARSENAL--CLAY MINES ADJOINED THE PROPERTY TO KINGSHIGHWAY,60 ACRES TOTAL.
  6. MISSOURI FIRE BRICK COMPANY--STARTED IN 1882--JOHN BELL,PRES. CORNER OF KNOX AND NEW MANCHESTER.
  7. THE WINKLE TERRA COTTA COMPANY--STARTED IN 1883--PRES.-JOSEPH WINKLE AT 5739 MANCHESTER NORTH SIDE OF MANCHESTER BETWEEN PIERCE AND SULPHUR.(LOT #7,8,9,& 10)
  8. ST.LOUIS TERRA COTTA COMPANY--STARTED IN 1894--PRES.-D.N.BURRUS-- AT 5801-15 MANCHESTER, N/W CORNER OF PIERCE AND NEW MANCHESTER.
  9. EVANS AND HOWARD FIRE BRICK CO.-- THIS INFO IS INCOMPLETE- EVANS AND HOWARD TOOK OVER FROM CHELTENHAM. I HAVE NO DATES EXCEPT CHELTENHAM STARTED IN 1855. FOR A WHILE THE NAME STAYED CHELTENHAM WITH EVANS AND HOWARD AS OFFICERS.THERE WERE THREE PLANTS THAT I KNOW OF--ONE AT N/E CORNER OF TAMM AND MANCHESTER, ONE ON THE SOUTHSIDE OF MANCHESTER AND TRACKS OF MO/PAC RAILROAD,WEST OF KINGSHIGHWAY WHERE THE TRACKS TURN AWAY FROM MANCHESTER, AND ONE PLANT WEST OF MACKLIND- EAST OF RIVER DES PERES BETWEEN NORTHROP AND PATTISON.

ONE PLANT THAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN MISSED IS THE HIGHLAND FIRE CLAY COMPANY. I HAVE A 1920'S AERIAL PHOTO OF THE HIGHLANDS WITH THE CLAY COMPANY TO THE EAST. HIGHLAND CLAY IS LISTED AS MINES, BUT NOT AS A FACTORY. THE PLANT'S PROPERTY WENT FROM THE HIGHLANDS TO MACKLIND ALONG OAKLAND. BOTH THE PLANT AND THE AMUSEMENT PARK WAS OWNED BY ANTON STEUVER. IN THE RIGHT,BOTTOM CORNER THE PICTURE SHOWS ANOTHER LAND FILL AREA TO THE WEST OF THE AMUSEMENT PARK. THIS BECAME THE SITE OF THE ARENA BY 1929. THIS WHOLE AREA FROM MACKLIND TO HI-POINT WAS EITHER COAL OR CLAY MINES. STEUVER WANTED TO MINE INTO FOREST PARK, BUT WAS STOPPED.

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