Mine Index 2608 Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company, C., W. and V. (first) No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2608

Company Name:	Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company
Mine Name:	C., W. and V. (first) No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1875	End Date:	1894
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	367
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 shaftThe 1885 Coal Report indicated there may have been as many as four air shafts (two upcast and two downcast).

La Salle

31N 3E

36

SE NW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

85-120

5.0-5.5

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The seam was faulty, full of clay slips and horsebacks.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company (add)	C., W. and V. (first) No. 2 (add)	1875-1894Production before July 1881 is unknown, but the 1882 Coal Report indicated 229 acres had been mined. According to Biography in Black, A History of Streator, Illinois, the mine opened in 1875.	1,484,282

Total Production: 1,484,282

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, mines087.tif and mines088.tif

Undated

Unknown

1:4248

Secondary source

Microfilm, document 352420, frame 93

8-7-1936

1:600

1:720

Secondary source

Microfilm, document 352425

1-12-1916

1:1200

1:1821

Secondary source

Microfilm, document 352420, frame 92

5-7-1915

1:1200

1:1655

Secondary source

Microfilm, mines07c.tif

3-30-1908

1:720

1:840

Secondary source

Microfilm, mines06f.tif

2-1914

1:720

1:756

Secondary source

Microfilm, mines0b1.tif and mines0b2.tif

7-31-1903

1:1200

1:2148

Secondary source

Microfilm, mines051.tif

5-1913

1:1200

1:1416

Secondary source

Microfilm, mines079.tif

1-22-1914

1:1200

1:1440

Secondary source

Atlas of La Salle County

1876

1:31680

1:31680

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.

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

Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines087.tif and mines088.tif - Mine outline (northern half), mining method.

Microfilm map, document 352420, reel 03139, frame 93, map of Munts No. 1 Mine (mine index 2640) - Mine outline (southeastern part).

Microfilm map, document 352425, reel 03139, frame 99, map of Stobs Mine (mine index 2632) - Mine outline (southern part).

Microfilm map, document 352420, reel 03139, frame 92, map of Munts Mine (mine index 2644) - Mine outline (eastern & northeastern part).

Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines07c.tif - Mine outline (southwestern part).

Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines06f.tif, map of Stobs Mine (mine index 2632) - Mine outline (western part).

Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines0b1.tif and mines0b2.tif, map of Acme No. 1 Mine (mine index 754) - Mine outline (northeastern part).

Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines051.tif, map of Acme No. 1 Mine (mine index 754) - Mine outline (eastern).

Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines079.tif, map of Acme No. 1 Mine (mine index 754) - Mine outline (eastern and southern parts).

Warner and Beers, 1876, Atlas of La Salle County, Illinois, Chicago, Illinois - Years of operation, shaft location.

Angle, Paula, 1962, Biography in Black: a History of Streator, Illinois, Weber Company, 170p. - Opening year.