Mine Index 0093 United States Fuel Company, Vermilion Mine

Mine Index Number: 0093

Company Name:	United States Fuel Company
Mine Name:	Vermilion Mine
Start Date:	1905	End Date:	March 1932
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	2,870
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Connected underground to Kelly No. 4 Mine (mine index 3660) near Kelly’s auxiliary shaft in 17-T18N-R11W; connection sealed in March 1930.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaf

Vermilion

18N 11W

19

NE NW SE

Air shaft

Vermilion

18N 11W

19

NE NW SE

Air shaft

Vermilion

18N 11W

30

SE NW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

180-194

0-5.5

9.5-12.0

6.0-7.5

MRP, HERFrom the mine notes, ca. 1912, “pillars were largely drawn”. It is not known how long this procedure continued.

Geological Problems Reported

The immediate roof was gray sandy shale that ranged from 11 to 50 feet thick and was interbedded with the top layers of the coal, and came down readily. Rolls from the roof were an important factor to mining. A small amount of sulfur and gypsum was present in cracks throughout most of the mine. The floor was clay up to 6 feet thick. The mine was dry, but the clay did swell readily upon becoming wet. Heaving was not a characteristic of this mine. Faults were noted on the company map in various parts of the mine, but particularly in sections 19 and 20 of T18N R11W. Some faults disturbed the mining pattern and made the coal difficult to get while others had no apparent affect. Some of these faults may have been channels or other erosional features. A 70-foot roof fall was noted southeast of the shaft.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Vermilion Coal Company (add)	Vermilion No. 1 (add)	1905-1906	9,815

Little Vermilion Coal Company (add)	Little Vermilion No. 1 (add)	1906-1908	912,000

Bunsen Coal Company (add)	Vermilion (add)	1908-1916	4,764,717

United States Fuel Company (add)	Vermilion (add)	1916-1932	12,926,636

Total Production: 18,613,168

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-125

4-1-1932

1:1200

1:1200

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-125 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.