Mine Index 2347 Wilmington Star Mining Company, Wilmington Star No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2347

Company Name:	Wilmington Star Mining Company
Mine Name:	Wilmington Star No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1875	End Date:	March 31, 1898
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	297
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

32N 8E

2

NW cor NW SE NW

Air shaft

Grundy

32N 8E

2

NW cor NW SE NW

Geology

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

Colchester

115-128

3.0

LW

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Wilmington Star Mining Company (add)	Wilmington Star No. 1 (add)	1875-1885	220,700 * Production prior to 1882 is unknown. The 1882 production was included with Wilmington Star No. 4 Mine (mine index 2344).

Star Mining Company (add)	Star No. 1 (add)	1885-1886	78,930

Wilmington Star Mining Company (add)	Wilmington Star No. 3 (add)	1886-1898	672,396

Total Production: 972,026

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351478

1913

1:2400

1:4138

Final

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, abandoned date.

Microfilm map, document 351478, reel 03136, frames 224-226 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

WPA map, T32N-R8E - Mine identification aid (the microfilm shows 3 unidentified mines).