Mine Index 6579 Buskirk Coal Company, Woodard Mine

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 Irregular section; see page 6, ‘Shaft, slope, drift or tipple locations’

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

19

SW SE SW Irregular section; see page 6, ‘Shaft, slope, drift or tipple locations’

Geology

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

Danville

70-80

5.5-6.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Woodard Coal Company (add)	Woodard (add)	1912-1915	5,258

Frank Woodard (add)	Woodard (add)	1915-1920 Idle 1920	19,960

Burt Woodard (add)	Woodard (add)	1920-1922	2,500 Production not reported 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons

Frank Woodard (add)	Woodard (add)	1922-1932	16,528

Woodard Coal Company (add)	Woodard (add)	1933-1936 Production not reported 1930-1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year; this mine was not reported in 1930 and 1931.	6,330

Chester W. Larson (add)	Woodard (add)	1937-1937	2,800

Chester W. Larson (add)	Woodard (add)	1937-1939	2,000 Production after map date

Woodard Coal Company Operated by Chester W. Larson (add)	Woodard (add)	1940-1940	1,003 Production after map date

Woodard Coal Company Operated by Frank Woodard (add)	Woodard (add)	1940-1941	827 Production after map date

Buskirk Coal Company (add)	Woodard (add)	1941-1943	6,204 Production after map date

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.