Mine Index 3085 Thomas Wantling and Son, Wantling Mine

Mine Index Number: 3085

Company Name:	Thomas Wantling and Son
Mine Name:	Wantling Mine
Start Date:	1887	End Date:	1912
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	60	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope or drift

Peoria

9N 7E

35

NW NW SW

Geology

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

Springfield

80-100

4.0-4.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Isaac Wantling and Son (add)	Wantling (add)	1887-1901 Idle 1897-1901	205,741

Wantling and Burdett (add)	Wantling and Burdett (add)	1901-1905	9,553

W. J. Burdett (add)	Burdett (add)	1905-1910 Idle 1909 and 1910	3,718

Thomas Wantling and Son (add)	Wantling (add)	1910-1912	580

Total Production: 219,592

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Federal Land Bank Report

1934

1:142560

1:142560

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Federal Land Bank Report (Peoria County) - Slope or drift location.