Mine Index 5946 William Maltby, Maltby Mine

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	Unlocated Mines In:	Will unlocated
	County:	Will
	Quadrangle:	Wilmington
	County Coal Data:	Will
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
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Mine Index Number: 5946


Company Name:	William Maltby
Mine Name:	Maltby Mine
Start Date:	1892	End Date:	1902
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	24	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

4

NW SE NW ^[1]

Air shaft

Will

32N 9E

4

NW SE NW ^[2]

Geology

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

Colchester

55-60

3.0-3.25

LW (old longwall)

Geological Problems Reported

The 1897 Coal Report indicated that the roof was poor, consisting of a clay-rich shale that came down easily and blocked air circulation. The top works caught fire and, in extinguishing the blaze, an immense volume of water drained into the mine. The mine was not re-opened after the fire.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

William Maltby (add)	Maltby (add)	1892-1902	123,020
Total Production: 123,020

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

ISGS field notes (D. J. Fisher)

1923

(text only)

1:24000 ^[3]

Secondary Source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.

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

ISGS field notes (Will County) - Mine location.

USGS 15-minute topographic map, Wilmington Quadrangle, 1918 - Mine dump location.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

↑ No original company maps of this mine have been found, but the Sanborn-Perris Map Company showed the airshaft to be approximately 120 feet north of the main shaft. The air shaft location is very general and is not shown on the accompanying map. There may be another shaft nearby that was wet, and therefore unworkable, which caused Maltby to go out of business.
↑ No original company maps of this mine have been found, but the Sanborn-Perris Map Company showed the airshaft to be approximately 120 feet north of the main shaft. The air shaft location is very general and is not shown on the accompanying map. There may be another shaft nearby that was wet, and therefore unworkable, which caused Maltby to go out of business.
↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

[1] No original company maps of this mine have been found, but the Sanborn-Perris Map Company showed the airshaft to be approximately 120 feet north of the main shaft. The air shaft location is very general and is not shown on the accompanying map. There may be another shaft nearby that was wet, and therefore unworkable, which caused Maltby to go out of business.

[2] No original company maps of this mine have been found, but the Sanborn-Perris Map Company showed the airshaft to be approximately 120 feet north of the main shaft. The air shaft location is very general and is not shown on the accompanying map. There may be another shaft nearby that was wet, and therefore unworkable, which caused Maltby to go out of business.

[3] The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

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