Mine Index 4583 Essex Coal Company, Essex Mine

Mine Index Number: 4583

Company Name:	Essex Coal Company
Mine Name:	Essex Mine
Start Date:	1930	End Date:	1930
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. This mine was later stripped out by Northern Mine (mine index 834) and is not shown on the accompanying map.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Kankakee

31N 9E

5

Geology

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

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Essex Coal Company (add)	Essex (add)	1930-1930	800
Total Production: 800

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Ridings (Jim)

2003

(text only)

–

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, township-range.

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

Ridings (Jim), County West, A Sesquicentennial History of Kankakee County West, 2003 - General mine location.