Mine Index 3341 Otto P. Wenneborg Coal Company, Wildwood or Wenneborg No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3341

Company Name:	Otto P. Wenneborg Coal Company
Mine Name:	Wildwood or Wenneborg No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1922	End Date:	1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	39 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.
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 slope

Sangamon

15N 7W

4

NW NE NW

Air shaft

Sangamon

15N 7W

4

NW NE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

150

5.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Otto P. Wenneborg Coal Company 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. (add)	Wildwood, Wenneborg No. 1 (add)	1922-1942 Idle or produced less than 1,000 tons in 1933	60,188

Otto P. Wenneborg Coal Company (add)	Wildwood, Wenneborg No. 1 (add)	1940-1942	15,146 Production after map date

Total Production: 75,334

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.S33 i5.1-22

10-1940

1:1200

1:1200

Not final

Federal Land Bank Report

2-1934

1:158400

1:158400

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Sangamon County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, thickness.

ISGS field notes (R. W. Brown, 9-20-1929) - Depth.

ISGS map library, 4103.S33 i5.1-22 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Federal Land Bank Report (Sangamon County) - Mine ownership.