Mine Index 3660 United States Fuel Company, Kelly No. 4 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3660

Company Name:	United States Fuel Company
Mine Name:	Kelly No. 4 Mine
Start Date:	1902	End Date:	May 1924
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,586
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The boundaries between the Kelly mines (No.s 1 through 5 and 46 and 47, mine index numbers 3731, 3729, 3663, 3660, 3740, 3664 and 3661) cannot be distinguished with any accuracy. The total area for these Kelly mines (5,300 acres) is in line with production of all the Kelly mines.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Vermilion

18N 11W

5

NW SE SW

Air shaft

Vermilion

18N 11W

5

SE NE SW

Auxiliary shaft

Vermilion

18N 11W

17

SW SW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

90-164

6.0-7.0

MRP, HERThe 1911 Coal Report listed a death that occurred while the miner was pulling pillars. The extent of this practice is not known but is shown extensively in the southern and eastern portions of the mine on the source map.

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was a sandy gray shale that was described as treacherous. The source map shows a fault trending northeast-southwest in the northeast part of the mine, but this may be a depositional or compactional feature rather than tectonic. Another fault was shown in the northwestern portion of the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Kellyville Coal Company (add)	Kelly No. 4 (add)	1902-1904	497,992

Kelly Coal Company (add)	Kelly No. 4 (add)	1904-1906	555,931

Kelly Coal Company (add)	Kelly No. 44 (add)	1906-1908	790,905

Hammond Coal Company (add)	Kelly No. 4 (add)	1908-1909	315,929

Bunsen Coal Company (add)	Kelly No. 4 (add)	1909-1916	3,649,477

United States Fuel Company (add)	Kelly No. 4 (add)	1916-1923	3,452,526

United States Fuel Company (add)	Kelly No. 4 (add)	1923-1924	148,496 Production after map date

Total Production: 9,411,256

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State Archive, MSHA_1168_01

1-1910

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Company, 4103.V4 i5.1-124 A final map is available at the Vermilion County Recorder’s Office (cabinet 03900, drawer 3). The map is too large to trace.

6-12-1923

1:1200

1:1200

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Company map, State Archive, MSHA_1168_01, courtesy of Robert Gibson, DNR - Mine outline (northern & northwestern), geologic problems.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-124 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.