Mine Index 3715 Traer Coal Company, Traer No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3715

Company Name:	Traer Coal Company
Mine Name:	Traer No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1910	End Date:	1912
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	2
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The mine was later partially surface mined by Western Brick Mine (mine index 3710).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Vermilion

19N 11W

21

SE NE NE Not shown on map; surface-mined by Western Brick Company in the 1920s.

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 11W

21

SE NE NE Not shown on map; surface-mined by Western Brick Company in the 1920s.

Geology

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

Herrin

5.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Traer Coal Company (add)	Traer No. 1 (add)	1910-1912	18,100

Total Production: 18,100

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352876

8-18-1929

1:2400

1:4965

Secondary source

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-92

8-1913

1:7956

1:7956

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, thickness, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, slope & shaft locations, seam.

Microfilm map, document 352876, reel 03140, frame 506 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-92, map of Danville Belt Coal Company - Mine outline, mine type.