Mine Index 6784 Robert Caswell, Caswell Mine

Mine Index Number: 6784

Company Name:	Robert Caswell
Mine Name:	Caswell Mine
Start Date:	July 1935	End Date:	March 1936
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	2
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The shaft entry for the mine is not shown, later surface-mined by Dixon-Block No. 2 Mine (mine index 3850).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

21

SE SW NE Not shown on accompanying map due to later surface mining

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

21

SE SW NE Not shown on accompanying map due to later surface mining

Geology

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

Danville

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Robert Caswell Not listed under this name in the Coal Reports. The source maps indicate this mine operated prior to July 1935 and was abandoned March 1936 (add)	Caswell (add)	pre1935-1936	Unknown

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352985

11-8-1937

1:1200

1:1076

Secondary source

Microfilm, document 352978

7-13-1935

1:1200

1:993

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

Microfilm map, document 352985, reel 03141, frame 128, map of Jim & Jim Mine (mine index 3854) - Shaft location, mine type, mine outline, mining method.

Microfilm map, document 352978, reel 03141, frame 121 - Operating years, air shaft.