Mine Index 3801 Wilson and Grimes Coal Company, Wilson and Grimes Mine

Mine Index Number: 3801

Company Name:	Wilson and Grimes Coal Company
Mine Name:	Wilson and Grimes Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	1947
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	3
Acres after map date:	1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Slope

Vermilion

19N 12W

13

SE NW NE

Geology

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

Danville

25 (105 on slope)

5.83-6.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

L. C. Pierce Coal Company (add)	Pierce (add)	1936-1936	800

William A. Weir Coal Company (add)	Weir (add)	1937-1941	2,593

Hunt & Sons Coal Company (add)	Hunt (add)	1941-1942	2,291

Pierce Coal Company Operated in 1943 by Walter Wilson (add)	Pierce (add)	1942-1943	2,480

Pierce Coal Company Under new management, but reported under the same company name but different mine name (add)	Pierce No. 5 (add)	1943-1946	1,286

Wilson and Grimes Coal Company (add)	Wilson and Grimes (add)	1947-1947	112 Production after map date

Total Production: 9,562

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352946

3-6-1943

1:600

1:1366

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.

Microfilm map, document 352946, reel 03141, frame 88, map of Swan Mine (mine index 3802) - Slope location, mine outline, mining method.