Mine Index 2103 Wade and Weese, Otter Creek Valley Mine

Mine Index Number: 2103

Company Name:	Wade and Weese
Mine Name:	Otter Creek Valley Mine
Start Date:	1939	End Date:	1940
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Fulton

4N 2E

27

SW NE SE

Geology

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

Colchester

6

2.33-2.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Otter Creek Valley Coal Company Operated by Walton and Weese (add)	Otter Creek Valley (add)	1939-1939	203

Wade and Weese (add)	Otter Creek Valley (add)	1940-1940	35

Total Production: 238

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

1:62500

1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.

Mine Inspector's reports, courtesy of Joe Pelc, IDNR - Mine ownership, thickness, mining method.