Mine Index Number: 0007
| Company Name:
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Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1899
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End Date:
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March 1914
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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488
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| Acres after map date:
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106
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Grundy
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31N 8E
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14
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SE SE NW
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Geology
| Colchester
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187-190
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2.83
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3.5
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3.0
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LW
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Geological Problems Reported
Some small faults were reported southwest of the shaft, whose offsets were enough to require grading some of the haulage routes. The roof was 20 feet of gray shale that contained small sandy oblong nodules. The coal contained lenses of pyrite and streaks of gypsum. Some pyrite nodules were present and difficult to remove from the coal. Fusain (“mother coal”) was also present in streaks and bands. The impurities were generally highest in the center of the seam. The floor was a dark gray, carbonaceous fire clay that heaved when exposed to air, and heaved badly when it became wet. This clay was also mined for brick production. In the south and southwest areas of the mine, sandstone was encountered which halted mining efforts in those areas.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 3,004,936
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company, 1-32-73
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1-1911
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Not final Parts of the outline are marked as final on the source map due to geologic problems, and are shown as final on the accompanying map.
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| Company, 4103.G72 i5.1-2
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4-2-1942
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Grundy County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Grundy County) - Depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Company map, Coal Section files, 1-32-73, traced from original map courtesy of the Carbon Hill School Museum - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.G72 i5.1-2 - Mine outline (southern part of mine).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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