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Latest revision as of 13:14, March 15, 2023
Mine Index Number: 0004
Company Name: | Wenona Coal Company | ||
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Mine Name: | Wenona No. 1 Mine | ||
Start Date: | 1865 | End Date: | 1925 |
Type of Mine: | Underground | ||
Total acres shown: | 705 | ||
Production Indicated Acres: | Less than 1 acre was mined after the map date. | General Area of mining acres shown: | |
Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
Type | County | Township-Range | Section | Part Section |
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Main shaft | Marshall | 30N 1E | 24 | NE NE NE |
Air / escape shaft (7'x5') | Marshall | 30N 1E | 24 | NE NE NE |
Geology
Thickness (ft) | |||||
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Seam | Depth (ft) | Min | Max | Ave | Mining Method |
Colchester | 550-576 | 2.67 | 4.5 | 3.3 | LW |
Geological Problems Reported
A small area of the mine had a black shale roof with calcareous coal balls. The remainder of the roof contained many irregularly-distributed pyrite concretions. The coal seam contained occasional horsebacks and rolls up to 25 feet wide. Infrequent pyrite concretions occurred in the coal seam.
Production
Company | Mine Name | Date | Production (tons) |
Hamilton, Hodge, and Monser | Hamilton, Hodge, and Monser | 1865-1883 | 2,000 Production and ownership prior to 1883 are unknown. |
Wenona Coal Company | Wenona No. 1 | 1883-1925 | 3,571,002 |
Wenona Coal Company | Wenona No. 1 | 1925-1925 | 814 Production after map date |
Total Production: 3,573,816 |
Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
Source Map | Map Date | Original Scale | Digitized Scale | Map Type |
Microfilm, document 352283 | 3-23-1925 | 1:2400 | 1:4634 | Not final |
Sanborn | 9-1906 | 1:1636 | 1:1636 | Secondary source |
Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, escape shaft size and location, mining method. |
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Franklin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation. |
ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method. |
Mine notes (Marshall County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems. |
Microfilm map, document 352283, reel 03138, frames 352, 353 - Mine outline, mining method. |
Sanborn Map Company, Wenona, Illinois report - Shaft locations. |
Burt, John Spencer and W. E. Hawthorne, Past and Present of Marshall & Putnam County, published by Pioneer Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1907, 512p. - Opening year. |
Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs