Mine Index 2066 Wright and Ericson, Wright and Ericson Mine

Mine Index Number: 2066

Company Name:	Wright and Ericson
Mine Name:	Wright and Ericson Mine
Start Date:	1925	End Date:	1928
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Edgar

16N 11W

25

SE NW NW

Geology

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

Danville

28

3.5

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Scotland Coal Company (add)	Scotland (add)	1925-1926	550

Carsington and Company (add)	Carsington (add)	1927-1927	83

Wright and Ericson (add)	Wright and Ericson (add)	1928-1928	20

Total Production: 653

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

(text only)

1:24000

Secondary source

ISGS map library, 4108 C3-1, sheet 1

Summer 1952

1:2400

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Edgar County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

ISGS map library, 4108 C3-1, sheet 1, traverse 2 - Shaft location.