Mine Index 3731 Kellyville Coal Company, Kellyville No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3731

Company Name:	Kellyville Coal Company
Mine Name:	Kellyville No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1878	End Date:	May 1, 1898
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	253
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The boundaries between the Kelly mines (No.s 1 through 5 and 46 and 47, mine index numbers 3731, 3729, 3663, 3660, 3740, 3664 and 3661) cannot be distinguished with any accuracy. The total area for these Kelly mines (5,300 acres) is in line with production of all the Kelly mines.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Vermilion

19N 11W

32

SE SW SE No air shafts were shown in this portion of the Kelly mines complex. Interconnection with other Kelly mines underground probably provided air and escapeways to satisfy regulations of the times.

Geology

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

Herrin

86-95

4.5-7.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Michael Kelly (add)	Kelly No. 1 (add)	1878-1891 The mine reported in 1879 & the mine reported in 1882 may be different mines; 1882 was reputedly a surface mine. Production in 1881 and prior to 1878 is unknown.	568,220

Kellyville Coal Company (add)	Kellyville No. 1 (add)	1891-1895	227,802

Kelly Coal Company (add)	Kelly No. 1 (add)	1895-1897	169,984

Kellyville Coal Company (add)	Kellyville No. 1 (add)	1897-1898	49,950

Total Production: 1,015,956

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State Archive, MSHA_1050_01

4-11-1909

1:2400

1:2400

Secondary source

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-135

7-1-1947

1:42240

1:42240

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

State Archive, MSHA_1050_01, map of Hammond No. 45 Mine (mine index 3740), courtesy Robert Gibson, DNR - Mine outline (northern).

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-135, property map of U.S. Coal & Coke Company - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.