Mine Index 0663 F. C. Morgan Coal Company, Old Vermilion Mine

Mine Index Number: 0663

Company Name:	F. C. Morgan Coal Company
Mine Name:	Old Vermilion Mine
Start Date:	1935	End Date:	May 1943
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	138
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

16

NW NW NW

Pits

Vermilion

19N 12W

16

NE and SE

Geology

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

Danville

8-16

1.0

5.0-6.0

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

F. C. Morgan Coal Company (add)	Old Vermilion (add)	1935-1943	1,211,033

Total Production: 1,211,033

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352928

6-22-1943

1:1200

1:2317

Final

USGS topographic map

PR 1978

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-9

8-30-1939

1:4800

1:4724

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352928, reel 03141, frames 67-68 - Tipple location, mine outline, mining method.

USGS topographic map, 1966, Photorevised 1978 - Mine outline (west part of west pit).

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-9 - Tipple location.