Mine Index Number: 3924
| Company Name:
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Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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L Mine
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| Start Date:
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1887
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End Date:
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1889
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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8
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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44
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Will
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32N 9E
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6
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NW SE NE
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| Air shaft
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Will
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32N 9E
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6
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NW SE NE
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Geology
| Colchester
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LW (old longwall)
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Geological Problems Reported
The overburden was insufficient in thickness and type to prevent water seeping into the mine. These conditions caused the mine to be abandoned.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company, 1-32-74
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1888
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Not Final
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| ISGS map library, 4103.W51 i5.1-4
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1935
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1:31680
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1:31680
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Secondary Source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, geologic problems.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Will County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation, seam.
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| Mine notes (Will County) - Shaft location.
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| Company map, Coal Section files, 1-32-74, traced from original mine map courtesy of the Carbon Hill School Museum - Shaft locations, mine outline.
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| 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 (general area of mining).
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Mine Notes
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