Mine Index 3083 Wantling Coal, Brick and Tile Company, Wantling Mine

Mine Index Number: 3083

Company Name:	Wantling Coal, Brick and Tile Company
Mine Name:	Wantling Mine
Start Date:	1902	End Date:	1919
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	8
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

Peoria

8N 7E

11

NE NE SW

Air shaft

Peoria

8N 7E

11

NE NE SW

Geology

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

Springfield

60-90

4.0-5.0

RP

Geological Problems Reported

Water came in from the old workings. The gray shale above the soapstone contained large concretions in a 2 foot layer of black shale. The coal contained lenses of pyrite that were commonly ½ inch by 8 to 10 inches, some up to 4 by 14 inches. The pyrite also occurred in sheets, more in the lower half of the seam, but not limited to any particular part of the bed.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Fair Oak Coal Company (add)	Fair Oak (add)	1902-1916 Idle 1907, 1909 and 1911	32,252

George Wantling (add)	Wantling (add)	1916-1917	1,400

Wantling Coal, Brick and Tile Company (add)	Wantling (add)	1917-1919	2,275

Total Production: 35,927

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, R4103.P41 i5.1-2

5-1918

1:2400

1:2400

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Peoria County) - Seam, geologic problems.

ISGS map library, R4103.P41 i5.1-2, map of Crescent Coal Company - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.