Mine Index 0211 E. S. Gray, Gray No. 4 Mine and Gray Surface Mine

Mine Index Number: 0211

Company Name:	E. S. Gray
Mine Name:	Gray No. 4 Mine and Gray Surface Mine
Start Date:	1903	End Date:	1913
Type of Mine:	Underground and Surface
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	95 underground and 3 surface	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft The underground mine was abandoned due to water from the river breaking through into the mine; the main entry was used to haul surface-mined coal to the tipple. (1910 Coal Report, p. 328)

Vermilion

19N 12W

17

NE NE NE

Pit and tipple The underground mine was abandoned due to water from the river breaking through into the mine; the main entry was used to haul surface-mined coal to the tipple. (1910 Coal Report, p. 328)

Vermilion

19N 12W

16

NW NW NW

Geology

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

Danville

95

5.5-6.0

RP

Danville

18

6.0

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

E. S. Gray (add)	Gray No. 4 (add)	1903-1910	459,692

E. S. Gray (add)	Gray Surface (add)	1911-1913	21,055

Total Production: 480,747

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 i5.1-9

8-30-1939

1:4800

1:4800

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam.

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-9, map of Morgan Coal Company (mine index 663) - Shaft location.