Mine Index Number: 3928
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Will County Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Will Mine
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| Start Date:
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1935
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End Date:
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October 24, 1936
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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7 [1]
|
| Acres after map date:
|
5
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General Area of mining acres shown:
|
|
|
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
|
Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Tipple
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Will
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32N 9E
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8
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SW NE SE
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Pit
|
Will
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33N 9E
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28
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S ½ SW NW
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Colchester
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|
|
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
The coal was overlain by a nodule-bearing shale that was up to 10 feet thick. Above that was up to 10 feet of glacial till and 4 to 6 feet of sand.
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
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| USGS topographic map
|
1993
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Will County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation, seam.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Will County) - Tipple location.
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS field notes (Will County) - Closing date, mine identification, mining method, geologic problems.
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| Bibliography
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| USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, Wilmington Quadrangle, 1993 - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The pit is a little larger than expected, and may include some un-mined area contiguous to the mine, such as areas where the spoil from the initial cut was deposited.
