Mine Index 2600 William Thomas Coal Company, Eagle Clay Works Mine

Mine Index Number: 2600

Company Name:	William Thomas Coal Company
Mine Name:	Eagle Clay Works Mine
Start Date:	1893	End Date:	1898
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	2
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

La Salle

31N 3E

23

NW SW SE

Geology

		Thickness (ft)
Seam	Depth (ft)	Min	Max	Ave	Mining Method

Danville (1897-1898)

60

5.0

MRP

Colchester (1893-1897)

200

2.83

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Eagle Clay Works (add)	Eagle Clay Works (add)	1893-1894	750

John B. Plumb (add)	Eagle Clay Works (add)	1894-1897Idle 1897	1,700

William Thomas Coal Company (add)	Eagle Clay Works (add)	1897-1898	3,065

Total Production: 5,515

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, mines09a.tif and mines09c.tif

Undated

Unknown

1:45248

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (La Salle County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (La Salle County) - Shaft location, seam.

Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines09a.tif and mines09c.tif - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.

Microfilm map, document 352417, reel 03139, frame 88, map of C., W. and V. (Third) No. 3 Mine (mine index 99) - Verification of shaft ownership.