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

Mine Index Number: 0091

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:	4,049
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Vermilion

18N 12W

15

SW NW SE

Air shaft

Vermilion

18N 12W

15

SE NW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

204-218

4.5

10.0

5.5-6.5

MRP,HER

Geological Problems Reported

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)

Dering Coal Company (add)	Dering No. 4 (add)	1904-1909	443,640

Brazil Block Coal Company (add)	Brazil Block No. 4 (add)	1909-1911	209,912

Dering Coal Company (add)	Dering No. 4 (add)	1911-1916	515,449

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Peabody No. 24 (add)	1916-1944	15,060,626

Chicago and Harrisburg Coal Company (add)	Chicago and Harrisburg No. 24 (add)	1944-1946	1,824,722

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

Microfilm, document 352916

3-30-1946

1:1200

1:2234

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

Microfilm map, document 352916, reel 03141, frames 53-54 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.