Mine Index 7179 Colvin Brothers, Colvin Mine

Mine Index Number: 7179

Company Name:	Colvin Brothers
Mine Name:	Colvin Mine
Start Date:	1884	End Date:	1916
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:
Production Indicated Acres:	11	General Area of mining acres shown:	81
Mined-out acreage is shown as a general area of mining, likely a property outline.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Peoria

7N 7E

15

SE SE SW

Geology

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

Springfield

67-80

4.33-5.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

F. Wheeler (add)	Wheeler (add)	1884-1889 The presence of a mine on Wheeler land at this location in the 1873 Atlas indicates mining took place before 1884.	4,130

Wheeler Brothers (add)	Wheeler (add)	1889-1892	1,150

Thomas Goodwin (add)	Goodwin (add)	1893-1894	550

William H. Jones (add)	Jones (add)	1894-1897 Idle 1896	820

Thomas Jones (add)	Jones (add)	1897-1898	300

Thomas Goodwin (add)	Goodwin (add)	1898-1900 Idle 1900	480

H. Goodwin (add)	Goodwin (add)	1900-1903	5,400

Lowery Cooperative Coal Company (add)	Lowery (add)	1903-1904	2,500

Walter Robinson (add)	Robinson (add)	1904-1907	6,188

Robinson and Trioff (add)	Robinson and Trioff (add)	1907-1909	4,285

Walter Robinson (add)	Robinson (add)	1909-1910	2,500

Robinson and Triloff (add)	Robinson and Triloff (add)	1910-1911	2,500

Heitzman and Smith Coal Company (add)	Heitzman and Smith (add)	1911-1913	6,530

Zipprich Mine (add)	Zipprich (add)	1913-1915	5,145

Colvin Brothers (add)	Colvin (add)	1915-1916	2,515

Total Production: 44,993

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.P41 i5.1-35

10-29-1917

1:15840

1:15840

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

ISGS map library, 4103.P41 i5.1-35, map of compiled mined areas, author unknown (Zipprich Mine labeled) - Mine location, property outline.

Atlas Map of Peoria County, Illinois, 1873 - Years of operation.