Mine Index 3680 Cherokee Coal Company, Cherokee No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3680

Company Name:	Cherokee Coal Company
Mine Name:	Cherokee No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1947	End Date:	September 1947
Type of Mine:	15
Total acres shown:	1 The area shown on the accompanying map is larger than expected for the reported production. Additional production may have been reported under Western Brick Coal Company and various other mine operators leasing coal from the Western Brick Company (see the Danville Southeast and Danville Southwest Quadrangles, mine index numbers 3710, 3783, 3788, 3790 and 6773), or the actual area mined may only be in the vicinity of a small pond in the northern part of the pit.
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit

Vermilion

17N 11W

14

N ½ NE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

70 60 feet of overburden was removed by the Western Brick Company, the remainder removed by the Cherokee Coal Company.

5.67-6.0

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Cherokee Coal Company Operated by George Dinsmore; previously owned by Western Brick Company, mining on Western Brick property. (add)	Cherokee No. 1 (add)	1947-1947	6,796
Total Production: 6,796

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

USGS topographic map

1965

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Coal Section files, 10-6-25

5-11-1920

1:3960

1:3960

Secondary source

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-81

1946

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, depth, thickness.

USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, Humrick Quadrangle, 1965 - Mine outline.

Coal Section files, 10-6-25, Yankee Branch Strip Coal Lands (mine index 6537) - General pit location.

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-81, U. S. Forest Service Strip Mine Reconnaissance Map - General pit location.