Mine Index 3664 Kelly Coal Company, Kelly No. 46 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3664

Company Name:	Kelly Coal Company
Mine Name:	Kelly No. 46 Mine
Start Date:	1897	End Date:	January 15, 1908
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	512
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

9

NE NE SE

Air/escape shaft (10'x17')

Vermilion

18N 11W

9 The air shaft is presumed to be near the hoist shaft, but was not shown on the source map. No air shafts were shown on the source map, but the 1899 Coal Report listed the completion of an escape shaft and the dimensions.

Geology

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

Herrin

168-180

6.25-8.0

RP

Geological Problems Reported

The mine notes described the roof as “dangerous”, with interbedded coal and clay directly above the seam. This interbedding did not adhere to the sandy gray shale above the coal and the roof tended to come down easily.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Himrod Coal Company (add)	Himrod No. 2 (add)	1897-1902	1,021,747

Kellyville Coal Company (add)	Himrod (add)	1902-1904	692,816

Kelly Coal Company (add)	Himrod (add)	1904-1906	304,888

Kelly Coal Company (add)	Kelly No. 46 (add)	1906-1908	383,006

Total Production: 2,402,457

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.V4 i5.1-135

7-1-1947

1:42240

1:42240

Secondary source

Company, 2-5-92L

1911

1:7200

1:7200

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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, ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-135, property map of United States Coal & Coke Company - Shaft location, mining method.

Company map, ISGS Coal Section files, 2-5-92L, property map of Bunsen Coal Company - Mine outline.