Mine Index 3933 Joliet and Aurora Coal Company, Joliet and Aurora No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3933

Company Name:	Joliet and Aurora Coal Company
Mine Name:	Joliet and Aurora No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1904	End Date:	1909
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	33
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Will

32N 9E

20

NW NE NW

Geology

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

Colchester

81

3.0

LW (old longwall)

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Joliet-Wilmington Coal Company (add)	Joliet-Wilmington No. 1 (add)	1904-1905	6,300

Joliet-Wilmington Coal Company (add)	Joliet-Wilmington No. 2 (add)	1905-1908	111,063

Joliet and Aurora Coal Company (add)	Joliet and Aurora No. 1 (add)	1908-1909	20,000

Total Production: 137,363

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Atlas of Will County

1909

1:31680

1:31680

Secondary source

Coal Section files, 5-e-16

Undated

1:12000

1:12000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Will County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Standard Atlas of Will County, Illinois, published by Geo. A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1909, 163 pages - Shaft location.

Coal Section files, 5-e-16, map of Northern Mine (mine index 834) - Mine outline.