Mine Index 3630 Ubben Coal Company, Ubben No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3630

Company Name:	Ubben Coal Company
Mine Name:	Ubben No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1890	End Date:	April 1938
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	197
Production Indicated Acres:	14	General Area of mining acres shown:
The area shown on the accompanying map is smaller than expected for the reported production. A general area of mining was added on the western side of the mine, which the source map indicated was worked out. Another general area of mining is shown on the accompanying map where the source map indicated a separate old mine whose works were not known or the extent delineated. Some of this area is known to be the Bohlander Mine (mine index 7389), but other operators may have worked in the vicinity.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Tazewell

24N 5W

1

NE SW SW

Air shaft

Tazewell

24N 5W

1

NE SW SW

Geology

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

Springfield

95

4.83

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Louis Grant and Sons (add)	Grant No. 2 (add)	1890-1894	41,415

Grant Brothers (add)	Grant No. 2 (add)	1894-1895	9,300

L. Grant and Sons (add)	Grant (add)	1895-1900	86,685

Grant Brothers (add)	Grant (add)	1900-1902	23,799

L. Grant and Sons (add)	Grant (add)	1902-1904	16,800

Grant Brothers (add)	Grant (add)	1904-1910	111,051

Ubben Coal Company (add)	Ubben No. 1 (add)	1910-1936	868,402

Ubben Coal Company (add)	Ubben No. 1 (add)	1936-1938	59,744Production after map date

Total Production: 1,217,196

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352854

1-7-1936

1:2400

1:4634

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Tazewell County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351418, reel 03136, frame 53 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.