Mine Index Number: 2350
| Company Name:
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Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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R Mine
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| Start Date:
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1896
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End Date:
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1899
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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33 Production indicates approximately 75 acres were mined.
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Grundy
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32N 8E
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13
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NE SW NE
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| Air shaft
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Grundy
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32N 8E
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13
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NE SW NE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The mine had water problems when it opened. These problems were expected to decrease as the mine was developed, but the short operating period (three years) indicates that water may have been a factor in its closing.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company
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Undated
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Not final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Grundy County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Grundy County) - Mine type, shaft location.
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| Company map, Coal Section Files, 1-32-17, traced from original courtesy of Carbon Hill School Museum - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Sanborn-Perris Map Company (Braidwood) - Shaft locations, depth.
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| Sterling, Robert E., A Pictorial History of Will County, Volume 2, Will County Historical Publications Co., Joliet, IL, 1976 - Ownership, mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
