Oakwood Quadrangle
Mining in the Oakwood Quadrangle
Mining in this quadrangle began about 1890 with the Missionfield Mine (mine index 3838) and the Fairmount Mine (mine index 3672) and continued through each decade with various mines until ending in 1984, when the Illinois & West Virginia Coal Company closed its operations on the east side of the quadrangle (mine index 1006).
The Danville seam was the only coal mined here, ranging from 4.5 to 6 feet thick. The roof was often poor, with a massive sandy gray shale that came down easily. Horsebacks and rolls were present, but did not appear to greatly hinder mining. The mines on the east side of the quadrangle were shallow and sometimes had water problems, with seepage through joints and cracks in the shale from the Quaternary deposits above.
Note that many of the mines are located within a column of irregular sections. The locations given in this directory follow the convention of orienting the quarter-sections originating at the southeast corner of the section (see page 6, under ‘Shaft, slope, drift or tipple locations’)
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Coal Mines In Illinois Oakwood Quadrangle
Mines that Appear on the Oakwood Quadrangle
Unlocated Mines
Vermilion County
Pages in category "Oakwood Quadrangle"
The following 79 pages are in this category, out of 79 total.
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- FileList:M0097 MSHA 725 01
- FileList:M0097 MSHA 778 01
- FileList:M0660 MSHA 1032 01
- FileList:M0660 MSHA 923 01
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- FileList:M3672 MSHA 1041 01
- FileList:M3832 MSHA 841 01
- FileList:M3848 MSHA 772 01
- FileList:M3877 IL 1897 01
- FileList:M3878 IL 1896 01
- FileList:M3879 MSHA 1038 01
- FileList:M3882 MSHA 1155 01
- FileList:M3882 quade
- FileList:M3884 MSHA 984 01
- FileList:M6579 IL 1838 01
- FileList:M7969 IL 2666 01
- FileList:M7972 IL 1862 01
Media in category "Oakwood Quadrangle"
The following 17 files are in this category, out of 17 total.
- M1006 minenotes.pdf 737 × 1,193, 3 pages; 898 KB
- M1830024 coalreport1885 p71.pdf 1,652 × 1,293; 924 KB
- M1830099 coalreport1889 p36.pdf 1,647 × 1,304; 923 KB
- M1830121 coalreport1889 p34.pdf 1,639 × 1,291; 915 KB
- M1830121 coalreport1891 p102.pdf 793 × 1,275, 2 pages; 2.19 MB
- M3672 minenotes.pdf 739 × 1,193, 4 pages; 1.18 MB
- M3831 minenotes.pdf 737 × 1,193, 6 pages; 1.67 MB
- M3838 minenotes.pdf 737 × 1,193, 4 pages; 1.13 MB
- M3848 minenotes.pdf 737 × 1,193, 4 pages; 1.15 MB
- M3877 minenotes.pdf 739 × 1,189, 4 pages; 1.08 MB
- M3878 minenotes.pdf 737 × 1,193, 12 pages; 3.08 MB
- M3879 minenotes.pdf 739 × 1,189, 5 pages; 1.3 MB
- M3880 minenotes.pdf 739 × 1,189, 3 pages; 814 KB
- M3884 minenotes.pdf 739 × 1,189, 7 pages; 1.73 MB
- M6578 minenotes.pdf 737 × 1,193, 2 pages; 566 KB
- M6579 minenotes.pdf 737 × 1,193, 7 pages; 1.78 MB
- M7971 fieldnote.pdf 747 × 1,193; 246 KB