Mine Index 3631 William Grant, Grant No. 1 Mine

Disclaimer INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
	Unlocated Mines In:	Tazewell unlocated
	County:	Tazewell
	Quadrangle:	Marquette Heights
	County Coal Data:	Tazewell
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 3631


Company Name:	William Grant
Mine Name:	Grant No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	Circa 1870	End Date:	1892
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	7
Production Indicated Acres:	40	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Tazewell

24N 5W

1

SW NW NE

Air shaft

Tazewell

24N 5W

1

SW NW NE

Geology

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

Springfield

120

4.0-4.5

RP

Geological Problems Reported

The 1884 Coal Report indicated black damp (carbonic acid gas) problems from the extensive old works.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

David M. Alexander (add)	Hope (add)	ca. 1870-1880	Unknown^[1]

David M. Alexander (add)	Hope (add)	1880-1884	50,020^[2]

Louis Grant and Sons (add)	Grant No. 1 (add)	1884-1891	89,219^[3]

William Grant (add)	Grant No. 1 (add)	1891-1892	15,600^[4]


Total Production: 154,839

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Microfilm, document 352850

4-30-1880

1:1200

1:2234

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

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

Microfilm map, document 352850, reel 03140, frame 467 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Andreas, A. T., 1873, Atlas Map of Tazewell County, Illinois - Shaft location.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	Atlas
	Map ID:	1873 Atlas of Tazewell County
	Company:
	Mine Name:
	Caption:
	Map Date:	1873
	Map Status:	Secondary
	Image Credit:
	Note:
	More Info:	Mh sec1
	Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!	https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/tazewell/mh sec1.zip

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	Microfilm
	Map ID:	352850 03140, 467, 27x
	Company:
	Mine Name:	Hope
	Caption:
	Map Date:	4-30-1880
	Map Status:	Not Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:
	More Info:	M3631
	Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!	https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/tazewell/m3631.zip

Photographs

Notes

↑ Production prior to 1882 is unknown. The 1884 Coal Report stated that the mine began operating 14 years previously. In 1882, the main entry was 1,350 feet long, indicating substantial production before the Coal Reports were published. A mine was shown on the 1873 atlas at the location noted above.
↑ Production after map date
↑ Production after map date
↑ Production after map date

[1] Production prior to 1882 is unknown. The 1884 Coal Report stated that the mine began operating 14 years previously. In 1882, the main entry was 1,350 feet long, indicating substantial production before the Coal Reports were published. A mine was shown on the 1873 atlas at the location noted above.

[2] Production after map date

[3] Production after map date

[4] Production after map date

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