Mine Index 3922 Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company, F Mine

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

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Mine Index Number: 3922


Company Name:	Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company
Mine Name:	F Mine
Start Date:	Circa 1864	End Date:	Circa 1880
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	79 ^[1]
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Will

32N 9E

5

SW NE NE ^[2]

Geology

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

Colchester

LW (old longwall)

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Michael Byron ^[3] (add)	The Coal Well (add)	1864-ca. 1874	unknown

Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company (add)	F^[4] (add)	ca. 1874-ca. 1880	unknown

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

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

1935

1:31680

Secondary Source

USGS topographic map

1954

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

Mine notes (Will County) - Shaft location.

ISGS map library, 4103.W51 i5.1-4, sheet 1, work map compiled from J. C. Quade (Federal Land Bank Report) notes & maps - Mine outline, ownership.

USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, Wilmington Quadrangle, 1954 - Shaft location.

The Braidwood Story - Mine names, years of operation, mine location.

Wilmington Centennial - Mine names, years of operation.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

↑ This outline may represent two different mines: the F Mine and the Murphy, Keenan & Company No. 1 Mine (mine index 3918). The source map was a generalized secondary map compiled over 50 years after this mine closed. Several mine boundaries were not differentiated.
↑ This shaft was located 550 feet east of the location shown on the source map to account for the mine dump that was shown on the older topographic maps of this area.
↑ Byron worked the shaft after coal was found by William Henneberry while digging a water well. The company may have operated under a different name.
↑ This mine was not listed in the Coal Reports. The F Mine probably opened and closed before 1881, when the G Mine was the reported active mine.

[1] This outline may represent two different mines: the F Mine and the Murphy, Keenan & Company No. 1 Mine (mine index 3918). The source map was a generalized secondary map compiled over 50 years after this mine closed. Several mine boundaries were not differentiated.

[2] This shaft was located 550 feet east of the location shown on the source map to account for the mine dump that was shown on the older topographic maps of this area.

[3] Byron worked the shaft after coal was found by William Henneberry while digging a water well. The company may have operated under a different name.

[4] This mine was not listed in the Coal Reports. The F Mine probably opened and closed before 1881, when the G Mine was the reported active mine.

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