Mine Index 3103 J. Wilkinson, Wilkinson Mine

Mine Index Number: 3103

Company Name:	J. Wilkinson
Mine Name:	Wilkinson Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1873	End Date:	1889
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:
Production Indicated Acres:	100	General Area of mining acres shown:	251

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift or slope

Peoria

9N 6E

24

NE SE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

60-82

4.0-4.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Wilkinson and Wantling (add)	Wilkinson and Wantling (add)	pre1873-1882 Ownership, production and years of operation before 1878 are not known. The 1879 Coal Report indicates 30 acres were mined.	63,500

J. H. Wilkinson (add)	Wilkinson (add)	1882-1884	71,760

Burlington Coal Company (add)	Burlington (add)	1884-1887	100,207

J. Wilkinson (add)	Wilkinson (add)	1887-1889	39,181

Total Production: 274,648

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Atlas of Peoria County

1873

1:31680

1:31680

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.

Atlas of Peoria County, 1873 - General location of mine.