5978

Mine Index Number: 5978

Company Name:	Central Illinois Coal Company
Mine Name:	Central Illinois No. 1 and No. 2 Mines
Start Date:	1882	End Date:	1885
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	26
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

Kankakee

31N 9E

18

SE NE NW

Geology

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

Colchester

60-95

2.875

LW

Geological Problems Reported

The roof came down in unused roadways and blocked ventilation.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Central Illinois Coal Company (add)	Central Illinois No. 1 and No 2.This mine is also known as the Tracy Mine and the Kewen Mine. (add)	1882-1885 Production and years of operation before 1882 are unknown. The 1883 Coal Report indicated 25 acres had been mined.	100,000
Total Production: 100,000

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS mine notes

Undated

(text only)

1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

Secondary source

Coal Section files, 5-e-16

Undated

1:12000

1:12000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.

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

Mine notes (Kankakee County) - Mine type, shaft location.

Coal Section files, 5-e-16, map of Northern Mine (mine index 834) - Mine outline.