Mine Index 3879 Crawford Brothers, Crawford Mine

Mine Index Number: 3879

Company Name:	Crawford Brothers
Mine Name:	Crawford Mine
Start Date:	1878	End Date:	1913
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:	18

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

30

NW SE NW

Geology

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

Danville

50-55

5.0-6.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

M. and F. France (add)	France (add)	1878-1879	1,500

S. and M. France (add)	France (add)	1881-1882	2,000

France Brothers (add)	France Brothers (add)	1882-1887	16,005

France and Drake (add)	France and Drake (add)	1887-1889	1,900

Daniel France and Son (add)	France (add)	1889-1893	3,630

S. and M. France (add)	France (add)	1894-1896	7,312

France Brothers (add)	France (add)	1896-1908	48,715

Crawford Brothers (add)	Crawford (add)	1908-1913	8,086

Total Production: 89,148

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

Secondary source

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.

ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.

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