Mine Index 2348 Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company, P Mine

Mine Index Number: 2348

Company Name:	Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company
Mine Name:	P Mine
Start Date:	1891	End Date:	1897
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	101
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

12

NE SW SE

Air shaft

Grundy

32N 8E

12

NE SW SE No primary maps of this mine have been found, but the Sanborn-Perris Map Company showed the air shaft to be approximately 120 feet northeast of the main shaft. This location is very general and the air shaft is not shown on the accompanying map

Geology

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

Colchester

115

3.0

LW

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company (add)	P (add)	1891-1897	513,353
Total Production: 513,353

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.G72 i5.1-12

circa 1934

1:31680

1:31680

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.

ISGS map library, 4103.G72 i5.1-12, sheet 2, work map compiled from J. C. Quade notes and maps - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.

Sanborn-Perris Map Company (Braidwood) - Air shaft location, depth.