Mine Index Number: 2533
| Company Name:
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Clark City and Wilmington Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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A Mine
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| Start Date:
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1889
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End Date:
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1909
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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| Acres after map date:
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225 in Houchin Creek Coal, 100 in Colchester Coal
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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74 The general area of mining shown on the accompanying map is probably a property outline, but is not large enough to represent the area mined. The additional mining was most likely west and northwest of the area 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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Kankakee
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31N 9E
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30
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NE NW NW
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Geology
| Houchin Creek The Houchin Creek was listed in the Coal Report as the Danville Coal, but the Danville Coal crops out far south of Kankakee County and is eroded at this location. The surface mines in the area indicate that the correct seam is the Houchin Creek. The upper seam was mined 1893-1901 and 1904-1909, and the Colchester Coal was mined 1899-1904.
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108
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4.67-5.0
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RP
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| Colchester The Houchin Creek was listed in the Coal Report as the Danville Coal, but the Danville Coal crops out far south of Kankakee County and is eroded at this location. The surface mines in the area indicate that the correct seam is the Houchin Creek. The upper seam was mined 1893-1901 and 1904-1909, and the Colchester Coal was mined 1899-1904.
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80-130
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2.67-3.0
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LW (old longwall)
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Geological Problems Reported
The Houchin Creek Coal was said to be prone to spontaneous combustion, and portions of the old works were sealed off because of smouldering fires. The interval between the seams was small, and with roof falls and other breaks in the roof rock of the lower seam, the gas was able to migrate throughout both seams of the mine. When the mine re-opened the next fiscal year, mining was restricted to the Colchester Coal, and new reserves west of the shaft were opened. The roof over the Houchin Creek Coal was black shale in some places and gray shale in other locations, and large concretions were numerous in the shale over the coal. The Houchin Creek Coal thickness varied a great deal through the mine.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Gardner Wilmington Coal Company
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Gardner Wilmington No. 1This mine was also known as the Oklahoma Mine.
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1893-1895 These production figures were listed separately in the Coal Reports, but no evidence could be found to support the idea that these were two separate mines. They were likely the same mine.
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78,171
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| Gardner and Wilmington Coal Company
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BThis mine was also known as the Oklahoma Mine.
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1893-1904 These production figures were listed separately in the Coal Reports, but no evidence could be found to support the idea that these were two separate mines. They were likely the same mine.
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907,217
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| Total Production: 1,439,515
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Coal Section files, 5-e-16
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Undated
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1:12000
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1:12000
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Secondary source
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| ISGS field notes (G. H. Cady)
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Undated
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1:62500
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1:62500
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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, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining methods, geologic problems.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Kankakee County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Kankakee County) - Geologic problems.
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| ISGS field notes (Kankakee County) - Shaft location, geologic problems.
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| Coal Section files, 5-e-16, map of Northern Mine (mine index 834) - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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