Mine Index 3877 Dixon Block Coal Company, Walnut Grove Mine

Mine Index Number: 3877

Company Name:	Dixon Block Coal Company
Mine Name:	Walnut Grove Mine
Start Date:	1946	End Date:	April 1952
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	108 The area is larger than expected from the production (expected 38 acres). Some of the area along the Salt Fork probably had no coal (eroded), and so the outline shown on the mine map includes areas where mining did not occur, as well as areas of reduced extraction where only the pillars remained (3879, Crawford Brothers Mine was partially mined by this surface mine).
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple

Vermilion

18N 13W

1

SW SW NW

Pit

Vermilion

19N 13W

25

E ½

Geology

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

Danville

30

6.0

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Dixon Block Coal Company (add)	Walnut Grove (add)	1946-1952	372,049
Total Production: 372,049

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company map

4-2-1952

1:2400

1:3972

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Company map, microfilm copy from Vermilion County Recorder’s Office - Tipple and pit locations, mine outline, mining method.