Mine Index 3936 Wilmington Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company, Wilmington No. 6 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3936

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

Company Name:	Wilmington Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company
Mine Name:	Wilmington No. 6 Mine
Start Date:	1904	End Date:	October 1919
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	191
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Main shaft	Will	32N 9E	31	NE NW SW

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Air shaft	Will	32N 9E	31	NE SW NW

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Air shaft	Will	32N 9E	31	NE NW SW

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Escape shaft	Will	32N 9E	31	NW NE SW

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Colchester	90-118			3.5	LW (old longwall)

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Wilmington Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company (add)	Wilmington No. 6 (add)	1904-1919	1,061,482
Total Production: 1,061,482

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
Microfilm, document 353038	11-15-1918	1:2400	1:3641	Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Bibliography
Mine notes (Will County) - Mine type, shaft location, depth, thickness.

Bibliography
Microfilm map, document 353038, reel 03141, frame 221 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.