Mine Index Number: 3925
Company Name:
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Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company
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Mine Name:
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J Mine
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Start Date:
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1886
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End Date:
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1891
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Type of Mine:
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Underground
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Total acres shown:
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50
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Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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113
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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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Shaft [1]
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Will
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32N 9E
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6
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SW NE NW
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Shaft [2]
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Will
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32N 9E
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6
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SW NE NW
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Geology
Colchester
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96
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3.0
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LW (old longwall)
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Geological Problems Reported
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, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Will County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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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 - Mine outline, shaft locations.
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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).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Shafts are not designated on the source map; it is not possible to differentiate the main shaft and the air shaft.
- ↑ Shafts are not designated on the source map; it is not possible to differentiate the main shaft and the air shaft.