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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| Main shaft [1]
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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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| 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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| 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
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