Mine Index 3936 Wilmington Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company, Wilmington No. 6 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3936

Company Name:	Wilmington Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company
Mine Name:	Wilmington No. 6 Mine
Start Date:	1904	End Date:	October 1919
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	191
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

31

NE NW SW

Air shaft

Will

32N 9E

31

NE SW NW

Air shaft

Will

32N 9E

31

NE NW SW

Escape shaft

Will

32N 9E

31

NW NE SW

Geology

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

Colchester

90-118

3.5

LW (old longwall) The southernmost portion of this mine, near the shaft, is RP mining.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Wilmington Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company The mine notes indicate this company was also known as the Wilmington Carbon Coal Company. (add)	Wilmington No. 6 (add)	1904-1919	1,061,482
Total Production: 1,061,482

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353038

11-15-1918

1:2400

1:3641

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

Microfilm map, document 353038, reel 03141, frame 221 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.