Mine Index Number: 2354
| Company Name:
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Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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K Mine
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| Start Date:
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1881
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End Date:
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1888
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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79
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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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| Air / escape shaft
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Grundy
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32N 8E
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24
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NW SE SE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Wilmington and Springfield Coal Company
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C
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1881-1886
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147,937 Production and years of operation prior to July 1881 are unknown. According to an article in the Chicago Tribune, 1881, Baird and Hickox operated this mine around the time of the article.
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| Total Production: 293,705
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351483
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4-1-1888
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1:1200
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1:2648
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Final
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| Microfilm, document 351486
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5-1885
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1:1200
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1:2400
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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, depth, thickness, mining method.
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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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| Microfilm map, document 351483, reel 03136, frame 232 - Mine outline, mining method.
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| Microfilm map, document 351486, reel 03136, frame 235 - Shaft locations.
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| "Another Visit to the Coal Mines”, Chicago Tribune, 1881, in A Coal Field Collection - Mine ownership.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
