Mine Index Number: 5956
| Company Name:
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Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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M Mine
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| Start Date:
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1888
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End Date:
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1891
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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16 Production prior to the map date indicates only 3 acres had been mined. This mine may have produced coal earlier, shipping to and reporting production at a nearby mine
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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53
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Will
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32N 9E
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19
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SW NE SW
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| Air shaft
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Will
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32N 9E
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19
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SW NE SW
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Geology
| Colchester
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95
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3.0
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LW (old longwall)
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 277,845
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company, 1-32-17
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10-1888
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Not final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Will County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Will County) - Mine location, seam.
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| Company map, Coal Section files, 1-32-17, traced from original, courtesy of Carbon Hill School Museum - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
