Mine Index 0400 United Electric Coal Company, United Electric No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0400

Company Name:	United Electric Coal Company
Mine Name:	United Electric No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1910	End Date:	October 1933
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	479
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple

Vermilion

19N 12W

8

SW NE SW

Tipple

Vermilion

19N 12W

16

NW NW NW

Geology

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

Danville

18-30

4.5

6.08

5.67

Surface

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was 30 feet of gray shale. The impurities in the seam were fairly abundant, and consisted of pyrite in lenses (2 inches by 8 inches maximum), sheets and balls, joint fillings and facings of calcite and gypsum up to 1/16th inch thick (apparently an important ash constituent of the bed), and a persistent clay band 8 to 10 inches above the floor. At least one horseback or roll was encountered.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Mission Mining Company (add)	Mission No. 1 (add)	1910-1915	384,737

Two Rivers Coal Company (add)	Two Rivers No. 4 (add)	1915-1918	464,234

Mission Mining Company (add)	Mission No. 1 (add)	1918-1918	73,931

Electric Coal Company (add)	Electric No. 1 (add)	1918-1921	510,061

United Electric Coal Company (add)	United Electric No. 1 (add)	1921-1933	3,738,070

Total Production: 5,171,033

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

USGS topographic map

PR 1978

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

ISGS composite map, Danville Coal

Undated

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, pit & tipple locations, seam, thickness, geologic problems.

USGS topographic map, 1966, Photorevised 1978 - Mine outline, mining method.

ISGS composite map, Coal Section files (1-24-31-i), thickness of the Danville Coal - Mine outline.