Mine Index 3930 Co-operative Coal Company, Co-operative Mine

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Mine Index Number: 3930


Company Name:	Co-operative Coal Company
Mine Name:	Co-operative Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1881	End Date:	1901
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	7 ^[1]
Production Indicated Acres:	20-25	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft ^[2]

Will

32N 9E

8

SW SW NE

Geology

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

Colchester

52-55 (new), 60-64 (old)

2.8-3.0

LW (old longwall)

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Kelly and Patterson ^[3] (add)	Kelly and Patterson (add)	unknown	unknown

Braidwood Co-operative Coal Company (add)	Braidwood Co-operative (add)	pre1881-1889	49,578

Co-operative Coal Company (add)	Co-operative (add)	1889-1901	54,051


Total Production: 103,629

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

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

1935

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.

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

The Braidwood Story - Ownership.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

↑ The outline on the source map was in a dashed line, indicating uncertainty in the mine outline or extent.
↑ The Coal Reports indicate a new shaft was put into operation in 1890, ½ mile north of the old shaft. J. C. Quade’s field notes show this shaft labeled 1884, which would make this the old shaft. Many of the mines in the ½-mile rangenorth of this shaft are from the 1873 atlas, but mine index 5959 or 5960 may be the 1890 shaft for this mine. However, Quade’s work was done after 1930, 30 to 50 years after these shafts closed, and this data may not be reliable. Mine index 3927, the A Mine is approximately ½ mile south, and may have re-opened after the 1879 bankruptcy. That would make this mine the northern, “new” shaft.
↑ This mine is said to be located north of First Street and east of Center Street, near the Jane Henneberry home. That location places it within the Co-operative Mine, and was likely a predecessor to it.

[1] The outline on the source map was in a dashed line, indicating uncertainty in the mine outline or extent.

[2] The Coal Reports indicate a new shaft was put into operation in 1890, ½ mile north of the old shaft. J. C. Quade’s field notes show this shaft labeled 1884, which would make this the old shaft. Many of the mines in the ½-mile rangenorth of this shaft are from the 1873 atlas, but mine index 5959 or 5960 may be the 1890 shaft for this mine. However, Quade’s work was done after 1930, 30 to 50 years after these shafts closed, and this data may not be reliable. Mine index 3927, the A Mine is approximately ½ mile south, and may have re-opened after the 1879 bankruptcy. That would make this mine the northern, “new” shaft.

[3] This mine is said to be located north of First Street and east of Center Street, near the Jane Henneberry home. That location places it within the Co-operative Mine, and was likely a predecessor to it.

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