Mine Index 6750 C. J. Dobbins, Dobbins Mine

Mine Index Number: 6750

Company Name:	C. J. Dobbins
Mine Name:	Dobbins Mine
Start Date:	1888	End Date:	1898
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	2 or 3	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main pit

Vermilion

19N 12W

1

SE NW NE

Geology

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

Danville

8-30

5.5-6.0

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

C. J. Dobbins (add)	Dobbins (add)	1888-1890	560

John Dobbins (add)	Dobbins (add)	1890-1891	600

Charles Dobbins (add)	Dobbins (add)	1891-1892	4,260

George Watts (add)	Watts (add)	1892-1893	3,060

William Dobbins (add)	Dobbins (add)	1893-1895	4,300

C. J. Dobbins (add)	Dobbins (add)	1895-1898	8,500

Total Production: 21,280

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

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, mine location.

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