Mine Index 3959 Oswald and Young, Oswald and Young Mine

Mine Index Number: 3959

Company Name:	Oswald and Young
Mine Name:	Oswald and Young Mine
Start Date:	1910	End Date:	1919
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	12 The outline for this mine was shown on the secondary source map as a dashed line, probably indicating uncertain extent. The area shown on the accompanying map is somewhat larger than expected for the reported production through 1916, which would be between5 and 9 acres, depending on coal thickness, seam variation, recovery and other factors.
Acres after map date:	13	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Will

32N 9E

5

SW NW SE

Geology

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

Colchester

60

2.5-3.0

LW

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Oswald and Young (add)	Oswald and YoungThis mine may have also been known as the Gin Mine. (add)	1910-1916	33,770

Oswald and Young (add)	Oswald and YoungThis mine may have also been known as the Gin Mine. (add)	1917-1919	46,045

Total Production: 79,815 Production after the date of the mine survey.

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.W51 i5.1-4

1935 The secondary source map is dated 1935, but the survey date for this mine is 1916, which makes the outline not final.

1:31680

1:31680

Secondary Source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method, seam, depth, thickness.

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

SGS map library, 4103.W51 i5.1-4, sheet 1, work map compiled from J. C. Quade notes and maps - Shaft location, mine outline, ownership.