Mine Index 0091 Chicago and Harrisburg Coal Company, Chicago and Harrisburg No. 24 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0091

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

Company Name:	Chicago and Harrisburg Coal Company
Mine Name:	Chicago and Harrisburg No. 24 Mine
Start Date:	1904	End Date:	March 1946
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	3,990
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	Vermilion	18N 12W	15	SW NW SE

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Air shaft	Vermilion	18N 12W	15	SE NW SE

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Herrin	204-218	4.5	10.0	5.5-6.5	MRP,HER

Geological Problems Reported

Faults were shown on the source map throughout the mine, as well as several squeezes. G. H. Cady noted that “so-called faults” were shown on the mine map, which he deduced were channel sandstones that cut down into (but not through) the coal seam. The first indication of approaching one of these channels was a thickening of the shale. Evidence indicated that the channels were contemporaneous with deposition of the upper portion of the coal or the roof shale. Horsebacks and rolls were present in the seam, generally bearing northeast-southwest.

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Dering Coal Company (add)	Dering No. 4 (add)	1904-1909	443,640

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Brazil Block Coal Company (add)	Brazil Block No. 4 (add)	1909-1911	209,912

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Dering Coal Company (add)	Dering No. 4 (add)	1911-1916	515,449

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Peabody Coal Company (add)	Peabody No. 24 (add)	1916-1944	15,060,626

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Chicago and Harrisburg Coal Company (add)	Chicago and Harrisburg No. 24 (add)	1944-1946	1,824,722

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Total Production: 18,054,349

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
State archive, MSHA_1094_01	3-30-1946	1:1200	1:1200	Final

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
State archive, MSHA_727_01	4-1-1944	1:2400	1:2400	Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Bibliography
Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Bibliography
State archive, MSHA_1049_01 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.

Bibliography
State archive, MSHA_727_01 - Mine outline (southern part of mine).