Mine Index 3739 Co-operative Mining Company, Co-operative Mine

Mine Index Number: 3739

Company Name:	Co-operative Mining Company
Mine Name:	Co-operative Mine
Start Date:	1887	End Date:	1894
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	less than 18	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Vermilion

19N 11W

32

SE SE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

20

6.0-6.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Grape Creek Co-operative Mining Company (add)	Co-operative (add)	1887-1890	20,714

Protective Co-operative Coal Company (add)	Co-operative (add)	1890-1892	47,649

Co-operative Mining Company (add)	Co-operative (add)	1892-1894	24,900

Total Production: 93,263

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

USGS Folio 67

12-1900

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-83

1894

1:12840

1:12840

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.

USGS Folio 67, ISGS map library - Shaft location.

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-83, property map of V-Day Coal Company - Mine location.