Mine Index 3915 Wilmington Coal Mining Corporation, Wilmington Mine

Mine Index Number: 3915

Company Name:	Wilmington Coal Mining Corporation
Mine Name:	Wilmington Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	December 1940
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	160
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

Will

32N 9E

3

NW NW NE

Geology

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

Colchester

55

2.5-3.0

Surface

Geological Problems Reported

The pit in SE SE 3-T32N-R9E was highly faulted. The Colchester Coal was overlain by up to 3 feet of Francis Creek Shale. The shale was overlain by glacial till and clay.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Morris Coal and Mining Company (add)	Morris No. 3 (add)	1934-1936	155,809

Wilmington Coal Mining Corporation (add)	Wilmington (add)	1937-1940	297,058

Total Production: 452,867

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.W51 i5.1-2

1-1-1950

1:31680

1:31680

Final

ISGS map library, 4103.W51 i5.1-4

1935

1:31680

1:31680

Secondary source

USGS topographic map

PR 1973

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary Source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.W51 i5.1-2 - Mine outline, mining method.

ISGS map library, 4103.W51. I5.1-4, sheet 4, work map compiled from J. C. Quade (Federal Land Bank Report) notes & maps - Tipple location.

USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, Wilmington Quadrangle, 1954, photo revised 1973 - Mine outline.

ISGS field notes (D. J. Fisher, 1935) - Geologic problems.