Mine Index 3865 Jay Coal Company, I. L. Truax Mine

Mine Index Number: 3865

Company Name:	Jay Coal Company
Mine Name:	I. L. Truax Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1938
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	3
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope The mine also connected to mine index 3867, Cessna Mine, to the west, for escapement.

Vermilion

19N 12W

22

SE SW NE

Geology

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

Danville

35-40

6.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Rippon Coal Company The source maps indicated that the predecessor to the I. L. Truax Mine was High Light Coal Company. No production was listed in the Coal Report under that name. The survey dates for this mine map (ISGS map library 4103.V4 i5.1-25 or microfilm document 353014) show that this mine operated from at least 2-19-1933 to 6-16-1935, and must have reported under the name of Rippon Coal Company. (add)	Rippon (add)	1933-1936	7,871 Production was not listed in the Coal Reports from 1930 through 1934 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year. Production is likely higher than shown.

Jay Coal Company (add)	I. L. Truax (add)	1937-1937	920

Jay Coal Company (add)	I. L. Truax (add)	1937-1938	961 Production after map date

Total Production: 9,752

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352940

2-3-1938

1:1200

1:1241

Final

Microfilm, document 353014

6-16-1935

1:600

1:993

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.

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

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

Microfilm, document 352940, reel 03141, frame 81 - Slope location, mine outline, mining method.

Microfilm map, document 353014, reel 03141, frame 161 - Mine ownership, years of operation, mine outline (northeastern).