Mine Index 2336 Gardner-Wilmington Coal Company, Gardner-Wilmington No. 1 Mine

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	Unlocated Mines In:	Grundy unlocated
	County:	Grundy
	Quadrangle:	Gardner
	County Coal Data:	Grundy
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
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Mine Index Number: 2336


Company Name:	Gardner-Wilmington Coal Company
Mine Name:	Gardner-Wilmington No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1882	End Date:	1899
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	324 ^[1]
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

Grundy

31N 8E

10

NW NE SE

Air shaft (sunk 1884)

Grundy

31N 8E

10 ^[2]

Geology

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

Colchester

180-210

3.0-3.17

LW

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Taylor Williams (add)	Williams (add)	1882-1889	209,344

Gardner-Wilmington Coal Company ^[3] (add)	Gardner-Wilmington No. 1 (add)	1889-1899	525,290


Total Production: 734,634

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Coal Section files, 5-e-16

Undated

1:12000

Secondary source

Federal Land Bank Report

1-1936

1:124800

Secondary source

Coal Section files, 1-32-73

1-1911

1:1200

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Grundy County) - Mine type, shaft location.

Coal Section files, 5-e-16, map of Northern Mine (mine index 675) - Mine outline.

Federal Land Bank Report (Grundy County) - Shaft location.

Coal Section files, 1-32-73, map of Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Mines 1 and 2 (mine indexes 7 and 260), traced from the original map courtesy of the Carbon Hill School Museum - Partial outline (eastern).

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

↑ Production indicates approximately 150 acres were mined.
↑ The combination air-escape shaft is not shown on the accompanying map. The construction was completed and reported in the 1884 Coal Report. The Sanborn Map Company reports of 1885 and 1892 show the air shaft approximately 210 feet northwest of the main shaft.
↑ Operated by Whitebreast Fuel Company after 1895, but continued to report under the same name.

[1] Production indicates approximately 150 acres were mined.

[2] The combination air-escape shaft is not shown on the accompanying map. The construction was completed and reported in the 1884 Coal Report. The Sanborn Map Company reports of 1885 and 1892 show the air shaft approximately 210 feet northwest of the main shaft.

[3] Operated by Whitebreast Fuel Company after 1895, but continued to report under the same name.

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