Mine Index Number: 3687
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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James Thomas and Son
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| Mine Name:
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Thomas Mine
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| Start Date:
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1892
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End Date:
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1912
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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5
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| Acres after map date:
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6
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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2
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An eastward extension was added from indications on the LiDAR image.
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main drift
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Vermilion
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19N 11W
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17
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SE NW SW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Drift
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Vermilion
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19N 11W
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17
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SW NW SE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Danville
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25-100
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5.0-7.0
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RP
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 39,774
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Microfilm, document 352930
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5-6-1903
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1:1200
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1:1572
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Secondary source
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| WPA, T19N-R11W
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5-6-1903 (survey date)
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1:12000
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1:62500
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Secondary source
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| LiDAR
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2012
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, drift location.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 352930, reel 03141, frame 70 (Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, map of Danville Drifts) - Drift locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| WPA, T19N-R11W - Mine locations (required to georegister the microfilm map).
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| Bibliography
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| LiDAR Digital Terrain Model, Vermilion County - Indications of mining.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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Microfilm:
352930Map Date: 5-6-1903
Coal Co.: M. C. Wilkinson
Mine Name: Wilkinson No. 2 Mine
Full Res Download
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WPA:
T19N-R11WMap Date: 5-6-1903
Coal Co.: M. C. Wilkinson
Mine Name: Wilkinson No. 2 Mine
Full Res Download
Mine Map:
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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LiDAR
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| Map ID:
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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2021
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| Map Status:
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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2021 LiDAR for Vermilion County
Danville SW Quadrangle
Section 17(E1/2NWSE)-19N-11W
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| More Info:
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M3687 lidar
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| 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!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/vermilion/m3687 lidar.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Idle 1898
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ Production after map date
- ↑ Idle 1908
- ↑ Production after map date
