Mine Index 2636 Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company, C., W. and V. (second) No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2636

Company Name:	Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company
Mine Name:	C., W. and V. (second) No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1887	End Date:	Unknown
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	48The production for this mine was not listed in the Coal Reports. C., W. & V. (Third) No. 2 Mine (mine index 276) is nearby and the production from this mine may have been hauled (and reported) from that tipple, which was next to a railroad.
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

24

SW NW SE

Air shaft

La Salle

31N 3E

24

SW NW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

116

6

RP

Colchester

245-260

3.0-3.5

LW (old longwall)

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company (add)	C., W. and V. (second) No. 2 (add)	1887-The location and opening year are from Biography in Black, A History of Streator, Illinois. Production may have been reported under C., W. & V. No. 1 Mine (mine index 2609).	UnknownThe location and opening year are from Biography in Black, A History of Streator, Illinois. Production may have been reported under C., W. & V. No. 1 Mine (mine index 2609).

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, document 352434

11-26-1921

1:1200

1:1820

Secondary source

ISGS map library, 4103.L32 i5.1-23

Undated

1:12069

1:12069

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines09a.tif and mines09c.tif - Shaft locations, mine outline (western extent), mining method.

Microfilm map, document 352434, reel 03139, frame 109, map of Acme Mine (mine index 275) - Shaft locations, mine outline (central portion), mining method.

ISGS map library, 4103.L32 i5.1-23, map of Streator Coal Field - Mine outline (northwestern & southeastern parts).

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