Mine Index 2349 Eureka Coal Company, Eureka No. 4 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2349

Company Name:	Eureka Coal Company
Mine Name:	Eureka No. 4 Mine
Start Date:	1883	End Date:	1887
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	50	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

NW SW SW

Geology

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

Colchester

127

3.0

LW

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Eureka Coal Company (add)	Eureka No. 4 (add)	1883-1887	241,670
Total Production: 241,670

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4107 d5-25, sheet 3

1919

1:62500

1:62500

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 (Will County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

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

ISGS map library, 4107 d5-25, sheet 3, work map for ISGS Bulletin 43, Morris Quadrangle - Shaft location.