Mine Index 0507 Grape Creek Mining Company, Grape Creek No. 7 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0507

Company Name:	Grape Creek Mining Company
Mine Name:	Grape Creek No. 7 Mine
Start Date:	1939	End Date:	March 1941
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	15
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

18N 11W

6

NE NW NE

Geology

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

Danville

25-40

5.0-5.5

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Grape Creek Mining Company (add)	Grape Creek No. 7 (add)	1939-1941	92,436

Total Production: 92,436

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-84

11-1-1941

1:63360

1:63360

Final

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-27

2-20-1940

1:1200

1:1200

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-84 - Mine outline, mining method.

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-27 - Tipple location, mine outline.