Mine Index 3831 South Oakwood Coal Company, South Oakwood Mine

Mine Index Number: 3831

Company Name:	South Oakwood Coal Company
Mine Name:	South Oakwood Mine
Start Date:	1901	End Date:	1911
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:	38

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (6x12)

Vermilion

19N 12W

18

SW SE SW Irregular section; see page 6, ‘Shaft, slope, drift or tipple locations

Geology

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

Danville

80-137

5.5-6.0

RP

Geological Problems Reported

Rolls were present, but not very common in the seam.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Oakwood Coal Company (add)	Oakwood No. 1 (add)	1901-1909	165,460

South Oakwood Coal Company (add)	South Oakwood (add)	1909-1911	55,396

Total Production: 220,856

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS mine notes

Undated

(text only)

1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.

Secondary source

Federal Land Bank Report

1-1934

1:105000

1:105000

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 and size, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Federal Land Bank Report (Vermilion County) - Mine outline (general area of mining).