Mine Index Number: 0314
| Company Name:
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Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1900
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End Date:
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March 1924
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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1,835
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| Acres after map date:
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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 (13.3 x 8.5)
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Sangamon
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13N 6W
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34
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NW SW NW
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| Air shaft (10.7 x 10.7)
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Sangamon
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13N 6W
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34
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SW NW NW
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Geology
| Herrin
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292-300
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7.5-7.8
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RPP
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Geological Problems Reported
Top coal (15 inches) was left to support the roof where the black shale was thick. The top coal was reported to have been drawn when abandoning the room. In other places, where the shale was thinner, only 4 to 8 inches of top coal was left, and this top coal was not always recovered. Numerous horizontal pyrite bands were present in the coal, but few pyrite balls were observed. The blue band was about 30 inches above the floor, and consisted of a hard, pyrite-rich clay. The fireclay floor did not heave.
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: 9,882,605
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| State archive, IL_370_07
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3-31-1924
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Sangamon County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation, seam.
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| Mine notes (Sangamon County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| State archive, IL_3700_07 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
![[[:Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin No. 1|Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin No. 1]]](https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/sangamon/thumbnails/m0314_IL_370_07_th.jpg)