Mine Index Number: 0276
| Company Name:
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Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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C., W. and V. (Third) No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1895
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End Date:
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March 1914
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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323 (Herrin Coal), 158 (Colchester Coal)
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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68 (Colchester), 50 (Herrin)
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Main shaft
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La Salle
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31N 4E
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19
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SW NE SW
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| Air shaft
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La Salle
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31N 4E
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19
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SW NE SW
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Geology
| Colchester
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245-260
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3.0-3.5
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LW (old longwall)
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Geological Problems Reported
The Colchester Coal dips to the southwest about 5 feet in 200 feet. The Herrin Coal was all worked out in 1908. The Colchester Coal was worked with the old longwall method, with a full circle of active face. The underclay was mined from under the coal. It was easily softened by wetting and the mined clay was piled along the side of the old workings. The coal was usually wedged down after the clay was removed without the use of powder for blasting. This clay had been used for making bricks. The Colchester Coal contained abundant pyrite lenses up to 1.5 inches thick. The floor heaved a good deal, and was said to be worse if more than 1 foot of clay was removed.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 3,254,842
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352414
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2-1912
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1:2400
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1:4303
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Not final
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| ISGS map library, 4103.L32 i5.1-23
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Undated
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1:12069
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1:12069
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seams, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (La Salle County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (La Salle County) - Shaft location, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 352414, reel 03139, frame 85 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method (Colchester Coal).
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| ISGS map library, 4103.L32 i5.1-23, compilation map of Streator Coal Field - Mine outline (Herrin Coal).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production after map date
