Mine Index 3959 Oswald and Young, Oswald and Young Mine

Mine Index Number: 3959

Company Name:	Oswald and Young
Mine Name:	Oswald and Young Mine
Start Date:	1910	End Date:	1919
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	12 The outline for this mine was shown on the secondary source map as a dashed line, probably indicating uncertain extent. The area shown on the accompanying map is somewhat larger than expected for the reported production through 1916, which would be between5 and 9 acres, depending on coal thickness, seam variation, recovery and other factors.
Acres after map date:	13	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

5

SW NW SE

Geology

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

Colchester

60

2.5-3.0

LW (old longwall)

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Oswald and Young (add)	Oswald and YoungThis mine may have also been known as the Gin Mine. (add)	1910-1916	33,770

Oswald and Young (add)	Oswald and YoungThis mine may have also been known as the Gin Mine. (add)	1917-1919	46,045 Production after the date of the mine survey.

Total Production: 79,815

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

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

1935 The secondary source map is dated 1935, but the survey date for this mine is 1916, which makes the outline not final.

1:31680

1:31680

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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 and maps - Shaft location, mine outline, ownership.