Mine Index Number: 2379
| 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. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1878
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End Date:
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1895
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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117 Production indicates approximately 125 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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33N 8E
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35
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SE NW SE
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| Air shaft
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Grundy
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33N 8E
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35
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SE NW SE No primary maps of this mine have been found, but the Sanborn Map Company showed the air shaft to be approximately 100 feet southwest of the main shaft. This location is very general and the air shaft is not shown on the accompanying map.
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Geology
| Colchester
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80-112
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2.75-3.0
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LW
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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: 580,410
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Plat Book of Grundy County, Illinois
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1892
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1:31680
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1:31680
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Secondary source
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| Coal Section Files, 10-9-4
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4-1906
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Secondary source
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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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| Plat Book of Grundy County, Illinois, Compiled & published by Geo. A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, Illinois - Shaft location.
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| Sanborn Map Company (Coal City) - Air shaft location.
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| Coal Section Files, 10-9-04, traced map of Wilmington Coal Mining & Manufacturing Company, No. 4 Mine (mine index 3556) Original map is mounted on wall of Coal City Public Library, Coal City, Illinois. - Mine outline (east part of mine).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
