Mine Index 3687 James Thomas and Son, Thomas Mine

Mine Index Number: 3687

Company Name:	James Thomas and Son
Mine Name:	Thomas Mine
Start Date:	1892	End Date:	1912
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	5
Acres after map date:	6	General Area of mining acres shown:	2
An eastward extension was added from indications on the LiDAR image.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Vermilion

19N 11W

17

SE NW SW

Drift

Vermilion

19N 11W

17

SW NW SE

Geology

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

Danville

25-100

5.0-7.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

James Thomas (add)	Thomas (add)	1892-1903 Idle 1898	17,439

James Thomas (add)	Thomas (add)	1903-1905	7,275 Production after map date

S. Royce (add)	Royce (add)	1905-1906	2,200 Production after map date

James Thomas and Son (add)	Thomas (add)	1906-1912 Idle 1908	12,860 Production after map date

Total Production: 39,774

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352930

5-6-1903

1:1200

1:1572

Secondary source

WPA, T19N-R11W

5-6-1903 (survey date)

1:12000

1:62500

Secondary source

LiDAR

2012

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, 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, drift location.

Microfilm map, document 352930, reel 03141, frame 70 (Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, map of Danville Drifts) - Drift locations, mine outline, mining method.

WPA, T19N-R11W - Mine locations (required to georegister the microfilm map).

LiDAR Digital Terrain Model, Vermilion County - Indications of mining.