Mine Index 3925 Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company, J Mine

Mine Index Number: 3925

Company Name:	Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company
Mine Name:	J Mine
Start Date:	1886	End Date:	1891
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	50
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:	113

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft

Will

32N 9E

6

SW NE NW

Shaft

Will

32N 9E

6

SW NE NW

Geology

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

Colchester

96

3.0

LW (old longwall)

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company (add)	J (add)	1886-1891	689,196
Total Production: 689,196

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 1-32-74

1888

1:2400

1:2400

Not Final

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

1935

1:31680

1:31680

Secondary Source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Will County) - Shaft location.

Company map, Coal Section files, 1-32-74, traced from original mine map courtesy of the Carbon Hill School Museum - Mine outline, shaft locations.

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