Mine Index 2609 Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company, C., W. and V. (old) No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2609

Company Name:	Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company
Mine Name:	C., W. and V. (old) No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1870	End Date:	1891
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	821
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 shaftNo air shafts were shown on the source maps. The 1885 Coal Report stated two upcast air shafts were in operation, and a new air shaft was noted in the 1889 Coal Report (1900 feet west of the hoist shaft, with a stairway men could use to get to the workplace).

La Salle

31N 3E

25

NE NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

110

5.0-5.5

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The mine closed because of water breaking in from a creek on the surface. Pumping removed the water, but salvageable materials were removed and the mine closed after the flood.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Vermilion Coal Company (add)	Vermilion No. 1 (add)	1870-1871	unknownProduction before July 1881 is unknown, but the 1882 Coal Report indicated 310 acres had been mined. According to Biography in Black, a History of Streator, Illinois, this mine opened in 1870 and the company merged with Chicago & Wilmington Coal Company in 1871.

Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company (add)	C., W. and V. (old) No. 1 (add)	1871-1891Production before July 1881 is unknown, but the 1882 Coal Report indicated 310 acres had been mined. According to Biography in Black, a History of Streator, Illinois, this mine opened in 1870 and the company merged with Chicago & Wilmington Coal Company in 1871.	2,191,707

Total Production: 2,191,707

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

Microfilm, mines087.tif and mines088.tif

Undated

Unknown

1:4248

Secondary source

Microfilm, mines07c.tif

3-30-1904

1:720

1:840

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

Warner and Beers, 1876, Atlas of La Salle County, Illinois, Chicago, Illinois - Shaft location.

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

Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines087.tif & mines088.tif - Mine outline.

Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines07c.tif, map of Howe Mine (mine index 5677) - Mine outline.

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