Mine Index 3087 Young Coal Company, Young Mine

Mine Index Number: 3087

Company Name:	Young Coal Company
Mine Name:	Young Mine
Start Date:	1904	End Date:	1913
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	37	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Peoria

9N 7E

35

NE NE SE

Geology

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

Springfield

62-120

3.5-4.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Isaac Wantling and Son (add)	Elmwood (add)	1904-1906	47,000

Isaac Wantling and Company (add)	Elmwood (add)	1906-1912 Idle 1909 and 1910	77,933

Young Coal Company (add)	Young (add)	1912-1913	6,530

Total Production: 131,463

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 location, general area of mining outline.