Mine Index Number: 2378
| Company Name:
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Big Four Wilmington Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Big Four Wilmington No. 5 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1892
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End Date:
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1912
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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404
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| Acres after map date:
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140
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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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33N 8E
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33
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NW SE NE
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| Air shaft (old)
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Grundy
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33N 8E
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33
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NE SW NE
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| Air shaft (1904)
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Grundy
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33N 8E
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33 These openings were noted in the text of the Coal Reports. The 1904 air shaft was new and constructed at the southeast working face. The 1911 Coal Report noted a slope constructed as a passageway for the mules and a new air shaft in the southeast workings. Both of these were constructed after the source map date, and are not shown on the accompanying map. An old air /escape shaft was required by law and would have been constructed near the main shaft. The air shaft shown on the 1906 source map was probably the most recently constructed (1904) and the original air shaft is not shown on the source map or the accompanying map.
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| Air shaft (1911)
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Grundy
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33N 8E
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34 These openings were noted in the text of the Coal Reports. The 1904 air shaft was new and constructed at the southeast working face. The 1911 Coal Report noted a slope constructed as a passageway for the mules and a new air shaft in the southeast workings. Both of these were constructed after the source map date, and are not shown on the accompanying map. An old air /escape shaft was required by law and would have been constructed near the main shaft. The air shaft shown on the 1906 source map was probably the most recently constructed (1904) and the original air shaft is not shown on the source map or the accompanying map.
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| Slope (1911)
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Grundy
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33N 8E
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34 These openings were noted in the text of the Coal Reports. The 1904 air shaft was new and constructed at the southeast working face. The 1911 Coal Report noted a slope constructed as a passageway for the mules and a new air shaft in the southeast workings. Both of these were constructed after the source map date, and are not shown on the accompanying map. An old air /escape shaft was required by law and would have been constructed near the main shaft. The air shaft shown on the 1906 source map was probably the most recently constructed (1904) and the original air shaft is not shown on the source map or the accompanying map.
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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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| Big Four Wilmington Coal Company
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Big Four Wilmington No. 5
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1906-1912 The top works of this mine were destroyed by a cyclone on June 12, 1912. The outline shown for this mine may also include a mine operated by Kangley called the Floater Mine, in the NE NW of section 34, T33N R8E. No production or years of operation are known for the Floater Mine.
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549,674 Production after map date
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| Total Production: 2,006,972
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351692
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8-1906
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1:2000
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1:4146
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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.
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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, depth.
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| Microfilm map, document 351692, reel 03137, frames 59 and 60 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Carbon Hill Centennial, 1992 - Mine history.
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| Personal communication, Michele Micetich, 9-2007 - Ownership (Floater Mine).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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