Mine Index 3795 Tilton Coal Company, Comet Mine

Mine Index Number: 3795

Company Name:	Tilton Coal Company
Mine Name:	Comet Mine
Start Date:	1910	End Date:	March 1914
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:	35-40

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

13

SW NE SE

Geology

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

Danville

90-100

6.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Tilton Coal Company (add)	Comet (add)	1910-1914	196,150
Total Production: 196,150

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Coal Section mine notes

Undated

1:62500

1:24000

Secondary source

Coop Bulletin 14, Plate II

1915

1:190080

1:190080

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, depth.

Illinois Coal Mining Investigations Cooperative Agreement Bulletin 14, Coal Resources of District VIII - Location.