Mine Index 6579   Buskirk Coal Company,   Woodard Mine

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

Mine Index Number: 6579

Company Name: Buskirk Coal Company
Mine Name: Woodard Mine
Start Date: 1912 End Date: 1943
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: 17
Production Indicated Acres: 2 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main shaft Vermilion 19N 12W 19 SW SE SW [1]
Air shaft Vermilion 19N 12W 19 SW SE SW [2]

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Danville 70-80 5.5-6.0 MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Woodard Coal Company Woodard 1912-1915 5,258
Frank Woodard Woodard 1915-1920 [3] 19,960
Burt Woodard Woodard 1920-1922 2,500 [4]
Frank Woodard Woodard 1922-1932 16,528
Woodard Coal Company Woodard 1933-1936 [5] 6,330
Chester W. Larson Woodard 1937-1937 2,800
Chester W. Larson Woodard 1937-1939 2,000 [6]
Woodard Coal Company [7] Woodard 1940-1940 1,003 [8]
Woodard Coal Company [9] Woodard 1940-1941 827 [10]
Buskirk Coal Company Woodard 1941-1943 6,204 [11]
Total Production: 63,410

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Microfilm, document 353004 7-1937 1:600 1:1034 Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.
Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
Microfilm map, document 353004 reel 03141, frame 149 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. Irregular section; see page 6, ‘Shaft, slope, drift or tipple locations’
  2. Irregular section; see page 6, ‘Shaft, slope, drift or tipple locations’
  3. Idle 1920
  4. Production not reported 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons
  5. Production not reported 1930-1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year; this mine was not reported in 1930 and 1931.
  6. Production after map date
  7. Operated by Chester W. Larson
  8. Production after map date
  9. Operated by Frank Woodard
  10. Production after map date
  11. Production after map date