Mine Index Number: 3341
| Company Name:
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Otto P. Wenneborg Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Wildwood or Wenneborg No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1922
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End Date:
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1942
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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39 [1]
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Main slope
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Sangamon
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15N 7W
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4
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NW NE NW
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| Air shaft
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Sangamon
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15N 7W
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4
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NW NE NW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company, 4103.S33 i5.1-22
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10-1940
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Not final
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| Federal Land Bank Report
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2-1934
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1:158400
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1:158400
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Sangamon County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Sangamon County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, thickness.
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| ISGS field notes (R. W. Brown, 9-20-1929) - Depth.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.S33 i5.1-22 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Sangamon County) - Mine ownership.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Federal Land Bank Report: Sangamon County
Map Date: 1934
Coal Co.: Illinois Collieries
Mine Name: Illinois Collieries No. 3 Mine
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Company: 4103.S33 i5.1-22
Map Date: 10-1940
Coal Co.: Wenneborg Coal Co.
Mine Name: Wenneborg No. 1 Mine
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production indicates 12 to 16 acres were mined, with an additional 4 acres after the map date. Rooms were not shown in the interior of the mine, or on the western and southern parts of the mine. Much of this area must remain as pillars.
- ↑ Shown on the Federal Land Bank Report map as Wildwood Coal Company; the title block on the source map indicates Wenneborg is the producer, and Wildwood is the owner.
- ↑ Idle or produced less than 1,000 tons in 1933
- ↑ Production after map date
Additional Notes
