Mine Index 0652   Grand Prairie Mining Company,   Grand Prairie Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Grundy unlocated
County: Grundy
Quadrangle: Essex
County Coal Data: Grundy
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 0652

Company Name: Grand Prairie Mining Company
Mine Name: Grand Prairie Mine
Start Date: 1935 End Date: 1942
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: 2
Acres after map date: 1 General Area of mining acres shown: 8

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main shaft Grundy 31N 8E 25 NE NW NE
Air/escape shaft Grundy 31N 8E 25 SE NW NE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Colchester 100 3.5 RPB

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Clark City Coal Company Clark City 1935-1937 [1] 4,730
J. L. Savage Savage 1937-1937 1,466
Clark City - Wilmington Coal Company Clark City No. 1 1938-1939 1,390
Clark City - Wilmington Coal Company Clark City No. 1 1939-1939 486 [2]
Clark City Coal Company Clark City 1939-1939 114 [3]
Grand Prairie Mining Company Grand Prairie 1939-1940 2,635 [4]
Morgan and Savage Morgan and Savage 1941-1941 1,602 [5]
Grand Prairie Mining Company Grand Prairie 1942-1942 70 [6]
Total Production: 12,493

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Microfilm, document 351477 2-14-1939 1:1200 1:2400 Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Will County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Grundy County) - Mine type, tipple location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
Microfilm map, document 351477, reel 03136, frame 223 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. * The mine notes indicate the shaft was constructed in the 1880s. There may be production before 1935 and the mine may be larger than the reported production would indicate.
  2. Production after map date.
  3. Production after map date.
  4. Production after map date.
  5. Production after map date.
  6. Production after map date.