Mine Index Number: 7029
| Company Name:
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Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Chicago, Wilmington, and Vermilion Mine
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| Start Date:
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1863
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End Date:
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1874
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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70
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Grundy
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31N 8E
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4
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SW NE SE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Federal Land Bank Report
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3-1936
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1:124800
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1:124800
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Grundy County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Federal Land Bank Report - Shaft location, mine outline.
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| Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Grundy County, 1914 - Ownership, years of operation.
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| History of Grundy County, 1882 - Depth.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Congson and Odell leased this mine in December 1863, and abandoned the shaft in January 1864 when the sides caved from hitting water at 60 feet. The mine reopened in the fall of 1864 when Congson sold out to Odell.
- ↑ Congson and Odell leased this mine in December 1863, and abandoned the shaft in January 1864 when the sides caved from hitting water at 60 feet. The mine reopened in the fall of 1864 when Congson sold out to Odell.
- ↑ Production for this mine is unknown. A cooperative coal company was said to have leased the mine after Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion, but closed it shortly thereafter, so there may have not been any production under that ownership. This mine was likely small in size as there is no mine dump visible on topographic maps.
