Mine Index 0245 Wenneborg Coal Company, Wenneborg No. 3 Mine

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	Unlocated Mines In:	Christian unlocated
	County:	Christian
	Quadrangle:	Edinburg
	County Coal Data:	Christian
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 0245


Company Name:	Wenneborg Coal Company
Mine Name:	Wenneborg No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1888	End Date:	1948
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	66 ^[1]
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 * (7x12) ^[2]

Christian

14N 3W

14

SE SE NW

Air / escape shaft ^[3]

Christian

14N 3W

14

NE SE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

333

6.0

7.0

6.5

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Edinburg Coal Mining Company (add)	Edinburg (add)	1888-1894	127,380

Smith and Williams (add)	Edinburg (add)	1894-1895	13,303

Edinburg Co-operative Coal Company (add)	Edinburg (add)	1895-1907 ^[4]	66,973

Hanover Coal Company (add)	Edinburg (add)	1907-1908	2,800

C. W. Vandeveer (add)	Greenwood (add)	1908-1913	56,186

Greenwood Coal Company (add)	Greenwood (add)	1913-1917	37,084

Charles W. Vandeveer (add)	Greenwood (add)	1917-1918	8,625

Christian County Mining Company (add)	Edinburg (add)	1918-1926 ^[5]	85,462

Quality Coal Company (add)	Edinburg (add)	1927-1927	25,882

H. F. Young Coal Company (add)	Edinburg (add)	1928-1929	21,571

Young and Tex (add)	Edinburg (add)	1930-1930	7,100

H. F. Young (add)	Edinburg (add)	1931-1932	15,827

Greenwood Coal Mining Company (add)	Edinburg (add)	1933-1935	13,592

Edinburg Coal Company (add)	Edinburg (add)	1935-1945	114,799

Wenneborg Coal Company (add)	Wenneborg No. 3 (add)	1945-1948	32,070


Total Production: 628,654

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Company, 4103.C4 i5.1-11

8-12-1949

1:2400

Final

Company, IL_445

10-8-1908

1:960

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.

Mine notes (Christian County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, shaft size, abandonment date.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.C4 i5.1-11 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Company map, State Archive, IL_445 - Mine outline (eastern).

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Company: IL_445
Map Date: 10-8-1908
Coal Co.: Wenneborg Coal Company
Mine Name: Wenneborg No. 3 Mine
Image Credit: Illinois Department of Natural Resources - Office of Mines and Minerals
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Company: 4103.C4 i5.1-11
Map Date: 8-12-1949
Coal Co.: Wenneborg Coal Company
Mine Name: Wenneborg No. 3 Mine
Image Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
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Photographs

Notes

↑ The area shown on the accompanying map is too small for the reported production. A general area of mining has been added to show the approximate size of the mine. (The source maps show only the major haulage routes of the older parts of the mine.)
↑ The main shaft caved in circa 1894-1896, and coal was hoisted out of the escapement shaft until 1905. The mine was shut down because of the lack of an escapement shaft in 1906 and 1907. The northern shaft on the accompanying map was labeled on the source map as the hoist shaft and the southern shaft was the escape shaft. There may be another shaft location not shown on the source map that was the original hoist shaft that collapsed.
↑ The main shaft caved in circa 1894-1896, and coal was hoisted out of the escapement shaft until 1905. The mine was shut down because of the lack of an escapement shaft in 1906 and 1907. The northern shaft on the accompanying map was labeled on the source map as the hoist shaft and the southern shaft was the escape shaft. There may be another shaft location not shown on the source map that was the original hoist shaft that collapsed.
↑ Idle 1902, 1906 & 1907
↑ Idle 1924-1926

[1] The area shown on the accompanying map is too small for the reported production. A general area of mining has been added to show the approximate size of the mine. (The source maps show only the major haulage routes of the older parts of the mine.)

[2] The main shaft caved in circa 1894-1896, and coal was hoisted out of the escapement shaft until 1905. The mine was shut down because of the lack of an escapement shaft in 1906 and 1907. The northern shaft on the accompanying map was labeled on the source map as the hoist shaft and the southern shaft was the escape shaft. There may be another shaft location not shown on the source map that was the original hoist shaft that collapsed.

[3] The main shaft caved in circa 1894-1896, and coal was hoisted out of the escapement shaft until 1905. The mine was shut down because of the lack of an escapement shaft in 1906 and 1907. The northern shaft on the accompanying map was labeled on the source map as the hoist shaft and the southern shaft was the escape shaft. There may be another shaft location not shown on the source map that was the original hoist shaft that collapsed.

[4] Idle 1902, 1906 & 1907

[5] Idle 1924-1926

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