Mine Index 3750 Grape Creek Coal and Coke Company, Grape Creek No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3750

Company Name:	Grape Creek Coal and Coke Company
Mine Name:	Grape Creek No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1884	End Date:	1891
Type of Mine:	Underground and Surface
Total acres shown:	306 This includes area for Grape Creek No. 5 (mine index 3719) since the boundary between the mines could not be distinguished.
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The Grape Creek mines (No.s 1 through 5, mine index numbers 3756, 3755, 3750, 3745 and 3719) reported production at various times under only one or two mine names. The total area shown for these Grape Creek mines is in line with the production of all the Grape Creek mines. This shaft location was later stripped out by mine index 6770.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Vermilion

19N 11W

33

NE SW NW Connected underground to Grape Creek No. 3 Mine; no specific air or escape shaft was noted for either mine and it is assumed that their underground connection satisfied legal requirements of the time.

Geology

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

Herrin

18-20

6.5-7.0

RP, Surfacelater Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Grape Creek Coal and Coke Company (add)	Grape Creek No. 3 (add)	1884-1891	146,575 Production 1884-1885 included in Grape Creek No. 1 production. The underground mine was surface-mined at a later date. The 1885 Coal Report indicated that the workings extended nearly a mile from the shaft.

Total Production: 146,575

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

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

8-1913

1:7956

1:7956

Secondary source

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-107

Undated

1:3636

1:3636

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

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

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-107, map of Danville Belt Coal Company - Mine outline, shaft location.