Mine Index 5961 Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company, I Mine

Disclaimer INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
	Unlocated Mines In:	Will unlocated
	County:	Will
	Quadrangle:	Wilmington
	County Coal Data:	Will
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

For more information about Longwall Mining See: History of Longwall Coal Mining In Illinois

Mine Index Number: 5961

The boundary between this mine and D Mine (mine index 3920) could not be distinguished, and a total of 127 acres mined is shown for these two mines. Production indicates approximately 55 acres were mined by the I mine.
Company Name:	Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company
Mine Name:	I Mine
Start Date:	1883	End Date:	1885
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:
Production Indicated Acres:	55	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Mine ^[1]

Will

32N 9E

5

SW NE NW

Geology

For more information about Longwall Mining See: History of Longwall Coal Mining In Illinois

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

Colchester

55-57

3.0

LW (old longwall)

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company (add)	I (add)	1883-1885	270,000
Total Production: 270,000

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Company, 1-32-74

1888

1:2400

Final ^[2]

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Will County) - Shaft location.

Company map, Coal Section files, 1-32-74, traced from the original mine map located at the Carbon Hill School Museum - Mine outline.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	Coal Company holdings, J.C. Quade field notes
	Map ID:	4103.W51 i5.1-4 sheet 1
	Company:
	Mine Name:
	Caption:
	Map Date:	1935
	Map Status:	Secondary
	Image Credit:
	Note:
	More Info:	Q32n9e.jpg
	Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!	https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/will/q32n9e.zip

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	Company
	Map ID:	1-32-74
	Company:	Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company
	Mine Name:	H
	Caption:	This map is traced from the original mine map loacted at the Carbon Hill School Museum, Carbon Hill, IL. This map is a final outline for this mine, index 3923. Secondary Source Map for Mine-Indexs 3920 & 5961
	Map Date:	05/24/1888
	Map Status:	Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:
	More Info:	M3923.jpg
	Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!	https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/will/m3923.zip

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	Microfilm
	Map ID:	353039, 3141, 222-223, 23x
	Company:	Murphy, Linskey and Kasher
	Mine Name:	Murphy, Linskey and Kasher No. 4
	Caption:	Secondary Source Map for Mine-Indexs 3920 & 5961
	Map Date:	04/01/1916
	Map Status:	Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:
	More Info:	M0224.jpg
	Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!	https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/will/m0224.zip

Photographs

Notes

↑ The shaft location is unknown. Mining for the I shaft appears to be connected underground to the D Mine (mine index 3920), which may have been re-named, or there may be a shaft between the D shaft and the northern boundary of mining.
↑ The southern boundary for this mine was not shown on this map and is shown on the accompanying map as incomplete.

[1] The shaft location is unknown. Mining for the I shaft appears to be connected underground to the D Mine (mine index 3920), which may have been re-named, or there may be a shaft between the D shaft and the northern boundary of mining.

[2] The southern boundary for this mine was not shown on this map and is shown on the accompanying map as incomplete.

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