Mine Index 3879   Crawford Brothers,   Crawford Mine

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Unlocated Mines In: Vermilion unlocated
County: Vermilion
Quadrangle: Oakwood
County Coal Data: Vermilion
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

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 [1]

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Danville 50-55 5.0-6.0 RP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
M. and F. France France 1878-1879 [2] 1,500
S. and M. France France 1881-1882 [3] 2,000
France Brothers France Brothers 1882-1887 [4] 16,005
France and Drake France and Drake 1887-1889 [5] 1,900
Daniel France and Son France 1889-1893 [6] 3,630
S. and M. France France 1894-1896 7,312
France Brothers France 1896-1908 [7] 48,715
Crawford Brothers Crawford 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 [8] 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.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

[[:Crawford|Crawford]]These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered. Map Type: State Archive
Map ID: MSHA_1038_01
Company: Crawford Brothers
Mine Name: Crawford
Caption:
Map Date: 07-01-1909
Map Status: Not Final
Image Credit:
Note: Map has very poor georegistration infomation, location is question but on property owned by France as shown on the 1902 Atlas
More Info: M3879 MSHA 1038 01
Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download! https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/vermilion/m3879 MSHA 1038 01.zip

Photographs

Notes

  1. ↑ Irregular section; When sections are irregular in size, the quarters remain the same size and are oriented (or “registered”) from the southeast corner of the section.
  2. ↑ This production may belong to an earlier mine.
  3. ↑ This production may belong to an earlier mine.
  4. ↑ This production may belong to an earlier mine.
  5. ↑ This production may belong to an earlier mine.
  6. ↑ This production may belong to an earlier mine.
  7. ↑ Idle 1901
  8. ↑ Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.

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