Mine Index 2712 Beggs, Davis and Company, Walton Mine

Mine Index Number: 2712

Company Name:	Beggs, Davis and Company
Mine Name:	Walton Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1881	End Date:	1904
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	150	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Livingston

26N 6E

3

SW SW

Geology

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

Danville

180-195

4.5-5.0

RP

Colchester

305

2.33

LW

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Walton Brothers (add)	Central (add)	pre1881-1884	72,400

Fairbury Coal Company (add)	Central (add)	1884-1886	49,887

Walton Brothers (add)	Central (add)	1886-1902	464,343

Beggs, Davis and Company (add)	Walton (add)	1902-1904	41,030

Total Production: 627,660

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Sanborn-Perris Map Co., Fairbury

1892 and 1898

Unknown

1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Sanborn-Perris Map Company, Limited, New York, map of Fairbury and vicinity - Shaft location (general).