Mine Index 3881 Taylor-English Coal Company, Taylor-English No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3881

Company Name:	Taylor-English Coal Company
Mine Name:	Taylor-English No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1895	End Date:	January 1919
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	101 in Danville, 476 in Herrin
Acres after map date:	20	General Area of mining acres shown:
The source maps are poor, and the area shown is about 70 acres larger than expected. The area shown for the Herrin Coal may be a property outline rather than the extent of mining. However, a general area of mining has been added as LiDAR images indicate mining may have taken place north of the mine outline.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

35

NW SW NW

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

34

SE SE NE

Geology

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

Danville

135-168

5.5-6.0

RP

Herrin

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Catlin Coal Company (add)	Catlin No. 1 (add)	1895-1902	851,333

Jones and Adams Company (add)	Jones and Adams No. 2 (add)	1902-1903	292,039

Chicago Collieries Company (add)	Chicago Collieries No. 10 (add)	1903-1907	134,982

Danville Collieries Company (add)	Catlin (add)	1907-1917	739,501

Taylor-English Coal Company (add)	Taylor-English No. 1 (add)	1917-1919	72,988

Total Production: 2,090,843

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Federal Land Bank Report

1-1934

1:105000

1:105000

Secondary source

USGS Folio 67

12-1900

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Coal Section files, 1-24-31j

Undated

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

LiDAR

2012

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, shaft location, seams.

Federal Land Bank Report (Vermilion County) - Mine outline (Danville Coal).

USGS Folio 67, Danville (15-minute) Quadrangle - Air shaft location (Danville Coal).

Coal Section files, 1-24-31j, Herrin Coal Thickness - Mine outline, shaft location (Herrin Coal).

LiDAR Digital Terrain Model, Vermilion County - Indications of mining.