Mine Index 3692 M. C. Wilkinson, Wilkinson No. 1 and No. 2 Mines

Mine Index Number: 3692

Company Name:	M. C. Wilkinson
Mine Name:	Wilkinson No. 1 and No. 2 Mines
Start Date:	1893	End Date:	1911
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	3
Acres after map date:	3	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Drift (No. 1)

Vermilion

19N 11W

17

SW NW SE

Drift

Vermilion

19N 11W

17

SW NW SE

Drift (No. 2)

Vermilion

19N 11W

17

SE NE SW

Drift

Vermilion

19N 11W

17

NE SE SW

Geology

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

Danville

30-65

5.0-6.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

J. S. Lee (add)	Lee (add)	1893-1894	720

M. C. Wilkinson (add)	Wilkinson No. 1 (add)	1894-1904	16,782

M. C. Wilkinson (add)	Wilkinson No. 2 (add)	1904-1911	15,300 Production after map date

Total Production: 32,802

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

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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 for georegistering the microfilm map).