Mine Index 2726 Vermilion Coal Company, Vermilion No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2726

Company Name:	Vermilion Coal Company
Mine Name:	Vermilion No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	Circa 1880	End Date:	1883
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	450
Production Indicated Acres:	25	General Area of mining acres shown:
The production from this mine may have been hauled to the tipple for C., W. and V. (Second) No. 3 Mine (mine index 2733) for sale and shipment and listed as production for that mine.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Livingston

30N 3E

1

SE NW NW

Escape shaft This shaft was probably the initial hoist shaft, used until the workings were extended much further south and required the construction of a shaft nearer the active workings.

La Salle

31N 3E

35

SE NE SE

Geology

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

Herrin This mine may have also mined the Colchester Coal seam, as well as the clay associated with it. No map hasbeen found for this, and the workings were likely not extensive.

70-76

4.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Co. (add)	C., W., and V. (First) No. 3 (add)	ca.1880-1882	62,000 Operation and ownership prior to July 1881 is unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 160 acres were mined. Biography in Black, A History of Streator, Illinois indicates the mine opened about 1880.

Vermilion Coal Company (add)	Vermilion No. 3 (add)	1882-1883	35,920

Total Production: 97,920

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, mines07e.tif

Undated

1:1200

1:2800

Undated

Microfilm, mines099.tif and mines09b.tif

Undated

Unknown

1:3960

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, seam, depth, thickness.

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

Mine notes (Livingston County) - Shaft location.

Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines07e.tif - Shaft location, mine outline (northern part), mining method.

Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines099.tif & mines09b.tif - Mine outline (northern, eastern and some southern parts).

ISGS map library, 4103.L32 i5.1-23, map of Streator Coal Field - Mine outline (remainder of southern part).