Mine Index 3702 Ramsey and Bracewell, Old Star Mine

Mine Index Number: 3702

Company Name:	Ramsey and Bracewell
Mine Name:	Old Star Mine
Start Date:	1899	End Date:	1939
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Production indicates approximately 45 acres were mined. A general area of mining has been added to the accompanying map to show the area probably undermined by this mine, on the eastern side of the general area of mining designating the Donaldson-Fairhall property (mine index 3695) that is extensively undermined.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Vermilion

19N 11W

18

SW NW NW

Geology

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

Danville

48-90

6.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

J. B. Daniels and Company (add)	Daniels (add)	1899-1901	3,345

Star Coal Company (add)	Star No. 1 (add)	1901-1904	17,000

J. A. Runnel (add)	Star No. 2 (add)	1904-1905	3,108

Tilton Coal Company (add)	Star (add)	1905-1911	209,167

Ramsey and Bracewell (add)	Old Star (add)	1938-1939	775

Total Production: 233,395

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS mine notes

Undated

(text only)

1:24000

Undated

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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