Mine Index 5970 James Kerwin and Company, Kerwin Mine

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	Unlocated Mines In:	Kankakee unlocated
	County:	Kankakee
	Quadrangle:	Essex
	County Coal Data:	Kankakee
	Shown On Map:	No
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

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Mine Index Number: 5970

Not Shown On Map. This mine was later partially stripped out by Northern Mine (mine index 834).
Company Name:	James Kerwin and Company
Mine Name:	Kerwin Mine
Start Date:	1885	End Date:	1887
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:
Production Indicated Acres:	4	General Area of mining acres shown:	14

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Kankakee

31N 9E

18 ^[1]

NW NE NE

Geology

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

Colchester

73

3.0

LW (old longwall)

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

James Kerwin and Company (add)	Kerwin (add)	1885-1887 ^[2]	20,205
Total Production: 20,205

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

ISGS field notes (G. H. Cady)

Undated

1:62500

Secondary source

Coal Section files, 5-e-16

Undated

1:12000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

ISGS field notes (Kankakee County) - Mine location.

Coal Section files, 5-e-16, map of Northern Mine (mine index 834) - Mine outline.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

↑ The location is derived from the mine address of Tracy listed in the Coal Reports. Tracy was a location on the railroad track, approximately 850 FNL, 2640 FWL, 18-T31N-R9E. Other operators may have also mined at this location.
↑ The 1888 Coal Report contained a note that the mine had been bought by Taylor Williams, but the mine did not re-open.

[1] The location is derived from the mine address of Tracy listed in the Coal Reports. Tracy was a location on the railroad track, approximately 850 FNL, 2640 FWL, 18-T31N-R9E. Other operators may have also mined at this location.

[2] The 1888 Coal Report contained a note that the mine had been bought by Taylor Williams, but the mine did not re-open.

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