Mine Index 0445 Easterly Coal and Mining Company, Chenoa Mine

Mine Index Number: 0445

Company Name:	Easterly Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Chenoa Mine
Start Date:	1889	End Date:	1906
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:
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

McLean

26N 4E

1

SW NE SW

Air shaft

McLean

26N 4E

1

SE SW SE

Geology

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

Danville

275

6.0

4.17 (3.5-4.8)

LW, RPThe Coal Reports list this as working longwall method until 1896, then room & pillar. This may be an error inreporting, or they may have run into better conditions for room and pillar mining after 1895.

Herrin

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Chenoa Coal and Mining Company (add)	Chenoa (add)	1889-1890	8,690

Davis Coal Company This name was spelled “Davies” three years (out of eight listings). (add)	Davis (add)	1890-1895	39,934

Ferguson and Jones (add)	Chenoa (add)	1895-1896	4,000

Davis Coal Company (add)	Davis (add)	1896-1898	13,737

C. H. Hewitt Coal Company (add)	Chenoa (add)	1898-1899	12,000

Davis Coal Company (add)	Davis No. 1 (add)	1899-1900	14,000

Chenoa Coal Company (add)	Chenoa No. 1 (add)	1900-1902	3,500

Berwick Coal Company (add)	Chenoa (add)	1902-1903	6,300

Consumers Coal Company (add)	Chenoa (add)	1903-1904	20,000

Illinois Coal Mining and Coke Company (add)	Chenoa (add)	1904-1905	21,096

Easterly Coal and Mining Company (add)	Chenoa (add)	1905-1906	11,213

Total Production: 154,470

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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