Coal mining maps
• MAPS AND DOCUMENTS ON COAL CONCESSIONS
Wallonia
Campine
Educationnal
Reference plans
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• as print out on color paper sheets for 12.00 €/sheet (+ shipping costs).
All the documents mentionned on this page (34 sheets and maps) could be sent:
• as digital images (rasters) burned on cd-rom for 35.00 €/cd-rom (+ shipping costs).
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Wallonia
| Sheet 1 - Hainaut Province - centered on the Hornu and Quaregnon area
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| Sheet 2 - Hainaut Province - centered on the city of Charleroi
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| Sheet 3 - Namur Province - centered on the city of Namur
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| Sheet 4 - Namur and Liège Provinces - centered on the city of Andenne
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| Sheet 5 - Liège Province - centered on the area of Seraing
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| Maps of the coal concessions of the Provinces of Hainaut, Namur and Liège.
Edited in 1906. |
• Dimensions: 87x57 cm
• Established and drawn by Fritz Menger, no cartographic background
• Scale: 1:40 000
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Printed on 5 sheets. 
- Sheet 1: Hainaut Province
- Sheet 2: Hainaut Province
- Sheet 3: Namur Province
- Sheet 4: Namur and Liège Provinces
- Sheet 5: Liège Province
WARNING - These maps are sold out !
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| Sheet 1 - Saint Ghislain - centered on the Hornu and Quaregnon area
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| Sheet 2 - Mons - centered on the city of Mons
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| Sheet 3 - Charleroi - centered on the city of Charleroi
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| Sheet 4 - Namur - centered on the villages of Floreffe and Malonne
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| Sheet 5 - Andenne-Huy - centered on the area of Vinalmont - Villers-le-Bouillet
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| Sheet 6 - Liège (part 1) - centered on the city of Liège
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| Sheet 7 - Liège (part 2) - centered on the village of Fléron
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| General map of the coal concessions in Belgium. Edited in 1922 |
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• Dimensions: 90x65 cm et 70x65 cm for the sheets of Liège
• Topographic background: Military Cartographic Institute (1923-1927)
• Scale: 1:40 000
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Printed on 7 sheets.
- Sheet 1: Saint Ghislain
- Sheet 2: Mons
- Sheet 3: Charleroi
- Sheet 4: Namur
- Sheet 5: Andenne / Huy
- Sheet 6: Liège (part 1)
- Sheet 7: Liège (part 2)
| Sheet 1 - Borinage-"Centre" - centered on the area of Hornu and Quaregnon
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| Sheet 2 - "Centre"-Charleroi - centered on the city of Charleroi
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| Sheet 3 - Charleroi - Basse Sambre - Namur - centered on the city of Namur
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| Sheet 4 - Namur-Liège - centered on the city of Andenne
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| Sheet 5 - Liège - centered on the Vinalmont - Villers-le-Bouillet villages
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| Sheet 6 - Liège - centered on the area of Seraing
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| General map of the coal concessions in the southern basin in 1946 |
• Dimensions: 90x74 cm
• Topographic background: Military Cartographic Institute (1947) of the "Cambre", Brussels.
• Scale: 1:40 000
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Printed on 6 sheets.
- Sheet 1: Borinage-Centre / Mons
- Sheet 2: Centre-Charleroi / Charleroi
- Sheet 3: Charleroi - Basse Sambre - Namur / Namur
- Sheet 4: Namur-Liège / Huy
- Sheet 5: Liège / Waremme
- Sheet 6: Liège / Liège
PRICE: 12,00 €/6 sheets or 3,00 €/sheet (+ shipping costs).
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Campine
| Sheet 1 - Hasselt - centered on the mining shafts (Kleine Heide I et II) - Beeringen-Coursel concession
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| Sheet 2 - Rekem - centered on the mining shafts
(Eisden I et II) - Sainte-Barbe et Guillaume Lambert concessions
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| General maps of the coal concessions in the Campine in 1946 |
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• Dimensions: 90x74 cm
• Topographic background: Military Cartographic Institute (1947) of the "Cambre", Brussels.
• Scale: 1:40,000
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Printed on 2 sheets.
- Sheet 1: Campine - Hasselt
- Sheet 2: Campine - Rekem
| Plate 1: The Carboniferous limestone of Campine
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| Plate 2: The Namurian in Campine
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| Plate 3: Mine and boreholes profiles in Campine
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| Plate 4: Profiles of the Jurassic, Trias and Permian formations in the Limbourg
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| Plate 5: Geological profiles
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| Plate 6: The Coal basin of the Campine
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| Tectonic style and depth of the coal seams in Campine (1:100,000 scale-map)
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| Mining map, printed in colours, 1:50,000 scale-map
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| Plate 9: Cross-sections of the coal series in Campine, in colours, 1:20,000 scale-map
(Figs 9-12)
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| Maps of the coal mines of the Campine basin (Delmer, 1962) |
• Dimensions: A3 (Pl. 1-2-4-6), 98x29 cm (Pl.5), and on A0 format
Printed on 8 plates (black and white) and 1 colour plate (all documents in dutch)
- Plate 1: The Carboniferous limestone of the Campine
- Plate 2: The Namurian in Campine
- Plate 3: Mine and boreholes profiles in Campine (2 pages)
- Plate 4: Profiles of the Jurassic, Trias and Permian formations in the Limbourg
- Plate 5: Geological profiles comparing the coal seams in the coal basin of the Campine
- Plate 6: The coal basin of the Campine
- Plate 7: Tectonic style and depth of the coal seams in Campine (1:100,000 scale-map)
- Plate 8: Mining map, printed in colours, 1:50,000 scale-map
- Plate 9: Cross-sections of the coal series in Campine, in colours, 1:20,000 scale-map (Figures 9-12)
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Educative plans
| Concession of G, Emile Seam, sheet n°12/5: exploitation map in horizontal projection.
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| Educative mining plan |
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Educative mining plan in colours.
• Dimensions: 103x77 cm
• Concession of G, Emile Seam, Sheet n°12/5: exploitation plan in horizontal projection.
Reference plans
| Reference plan n°1: Concession of André Dumont, Plan of the underground workings realized in the Von Dechen coal seam, 1:1,000 scale-map
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| Reference plan n°2: Concession of André Dumont, Plan and vertical projection of the underground workings realized in the of the Von Dechen coal seam, 1:1,000 scale-map
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| Reference plan n°3: Concession of André Dumont, Cross-section along the meridian plan located 300 meters to the west of the St Leonard chapel with a schematic profile of a mining shaft (5 m diameter, 1:1,000 scale-map) and a stratigraphic profile of the layers (1:1,000 scale-map)
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| Reference plans - educative mining plans in colours |
• Dimensions: 88x69 cm
Three reference plans published
- Reference plan n°1: Concession of André Dumont, Plan of the underground workings realized in the Von Dechen coal seam, 1:1,000 scale-map
- Reference plan n°2: Concession of André Dumont, Plan and vertical projection of the underground workings realized in the Von Dechen coal seam, 1:1,000 scale-map
- Reference plan n°3: Concession of André Dumont, Cross-section along the meridian plan located 300 meters to the west of the St Leonard chapel with a schematic profile of a mining shaft (5 m diameter, 1:1,000 scale-map) and a stratigraphic profile of the layers (1:1,000 scale-map)
PRICE: 10,00 € for the three plans + shipping costs.
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