Mine Index 6749 John Lewis, Lewis Mine

Mine Index Number: 6749

Company Name:	John Lewis
Mine Name:	Lewis Mine
Start Date:	1888	End Date:	April 1924
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Vermilion

19N 12W

1

NW SW NE

Geology

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

Danville

65

5.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

John Lewis (add)	Lewis (add)	1888-1891	1,485
Total Production: 1,485

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Standard Atlas of Vermilion County

1895

1:2400

1:2963

Secondary source

Federal Land Bank Report

1-1934

1:105000

1:105000

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 (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes - Mine type, slope location.

Standard Atlas of Vermilion County, Illinois, published by Geo. A. Ogle and Co., Chicago, 1895 - Slope location.

Federal Land Bank Report (Vermilion County) - Mine outline (general area of mining).