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Wabash County s a county located in the southern part of the state of Illinois. 38.44° N, 87.84° W In 2000 the population was 12,937, and in 2010, the population was 11,947. The county seat of Wabash County, Illinois is Mount Carmel. Wabash County was Wabash County was formed in 1824 out of Edwards County, after an armed confrontation between the militias of Albion and Mt. Carmel after the county seat was moved from a town near the current city of Mount Carmel to Albion. Wabash County is named for the Wabash River, which forms its eastern and southern borders. Wabash County has eight precincts (townships) : Bellmont, Coffee, Compton, Friendsville, Lancaster, Lick Prairie, Mount Carmel, Wabash, Some of the Cities, Towns, Villages and Communities are : Allendale, Bellmont, Cowling, East Grayville, Friendsville, Keensburg, Maud, Mount Carmel, Odgen,
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Wabash County, Illinois Coal Mines Reference Sources

      Wabash County s a county located in the southern part of the state of Illinois.       38.44° N, 87.84° W
In 2000 the population was 12,937, and in 2010, the population was 11,947.

      The county seat of Wabash County, Illinois is Mount Carmel.

      Wabash County was Wabash County was formed in 1824 out of Edwards County, after an armed confrontation between the militias of Albion and Mt. Carmel after the county seat was moved from a town near the current city of Mount Carmel to Albion.

      Wabash County is named for the Wabash River, which forms its eastern and southern borders.

      Wabash County has eight precincts (townships) :
            Bellmont, Coffee, Compton, Friendsville, Lancaster, Lick Prairie, Mount Carmel, Wabash,

      Some of the Cities, Towns, Villages and Communities are :
            Allendale, Bellmont, Cowling, East Grayville, Friendsville, Keensburg, Maud, Mount Carmel, Odgen,

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Wabash County, Illinois Coal Mines

Reference Sources

Wabash County, Illinois Coal Mines

# 77

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 2 South, Range 13 West, Section 32
Strip Mine.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Unknown # 77 Coal Mine		CO # 77		1930

[Source - No. 1, Index 4659]

A & P Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 1 South, Range 13 West, Section 23
Strip Mine.

Mine Name	Operated By	Years
Thompson Coal Mine	C. P. Thompson	1927 - 1931
A & P Coal Mine	A & P Coal Company	1931 - 1936

[Source - No. 1, Index 724 ]

Allendale Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 1 North, Range 12 West, Section 5, center N½ SW
Strip (pit) Mine.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Allendale Coal Mine		Allendale Coal Company		1958 - 1964

[Source - No. 1, Index 878 ]
Last production was reported in 1964.

Beck Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 1 South, Range 13 West, Section 10
An Underground Shaft Mine.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Beck Coal Mine		Beck		circa 1910

[Source - No. 1, Index 4644]

Black Diamond Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 1 South, Range 13 West, Section 23
An Underground Shaft Mine.

Mine Name	Operated By	Years
Black Diamond Coal Mine	Black Diamond Coal Company	1924 - 1927
Black Diamond Coal Mine	Richard Corden	1927 - 1930

[Source - No. 1, Index 725]

Bluff Coal Mines

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Bluff Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County
An Underground Shaft Mine.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Bluff Coal Mine		Batson coal Company William Batson		1896 -1906

[Source - No. 1, Index 4655
Source No. 2 - 1901 Annual Coal Report]

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Bluff Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 2 South, Range 13 West, Section 21
An Underground Shaft Mine.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Bluff Coal Mine		Bluff Coal Company		1925 - 1932

[Source - No. 1, Index 3901]

Chapman Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 1 South, Range 13 West, Section 13
An Underground Shaft Mine.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Chapman Coal Mine		Bob Chapman		circa 1865

[Source - No. 1, Index 4645]

Couch, Adams & Company

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County
An Underground Shaft Mine.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Unknown Coal Mine		Couch, Adams & Company,		1901 - 1903

[Source - No. 1]

Denman Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 2 South, Range 13 West, Section 32
Drift Mine.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Denman Coal Mine		Denman Mines		1930

[Source - No. 1, Index 4658]

Elkins Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 2 South, Range 13 West, Section 29
Slope Mine.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Elkins Coal Mine No. 2		H. A. Elkins		1936 - 1937

[Source - No. 1, Index 3903]

Eppler Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 2 South, Range 13 West, Section 6
An Underground Shaft Mine.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Eppler Coal Mine No. 2		Belmont Mining Company		1903

[Source - No. 1, Index 4652]

Friendsville Coal Mines

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Friendsville Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County
An Underground Mine.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Friendsville Coal Mine		Friendsville Coal Company		1934 - 1935

[Source - No. 1]

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Friendsville Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 1 North, Range 13 West, Section 13, SW NW SW
An Underground Shaft mine at a depth of 40 to 47 feet with an average coal seam of 3 feet in thickness.

Mine Name	Operated By	Years
Reel & Wilkinson Coal Mine	Reel & Wilkinson	1936
Reel Coal Mine	Kyle Reel	1937 - 1938
Friendsville Coal Mine	Reel & Wilkinson	1939 - 1941

[Source - No. 1, Index 3895]
Last production was reported in 1941.

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Friendsville Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 1 South, Range 13 West, Section 22
Strip Mine.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Friendsville Coal Mine		Vigo Coal Company		2007 -

[Source - No. 1, Index 1031 ]

Frye Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 1 North, Range 12 West, Section 19
An Underground Shaft Mine.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Frye Coal Mine		Ezra Bass		Unknown

[Source - No. 1, Index 4635]

Grigsby Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 1 North, Range 12 West, Section 31
An Underground Shaft Mine.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Grigsby Coal Mine		Grigsby Mine		Unknown

[Source - No. 1, Index 4636]

Hillcrest Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 2 South, Range 13 West, Section 29
Underground Slope Mine.

Mine Name	Operated By	Years
Hillcrest Coal Mine No. 2	H. A. Elkins	1936 - 1939
Hillcrest Coal Mine No. 2	Hillcrest Coal Company	1939 - 1941
Hillcrest Coal Mine No. 2	Painter & Belissa Coal Company	1941 - 1944

[Source - No. 1, Index 658]

Keen Coal Mines

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Keen Coal Mine
Mt. Carmel

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 1 North, Range 12 West, Section 19, NW NW SW
An Underground Shaft Mine at a depth of 30 feet with an average coal seam of 2 to 3 feet in thickness.

Mine Name	Operated By	Years
Keen Coal Mine	A. B. Keen	1900 - 1901
Keen's Coal Mine	A. G. Keen	1901 - 1903

[Source - No. 1, Index 7425 ]
Last production was reported in 1903.

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Keen Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 1 North, Range 12 West, Section 19, SW NW SW
An Underground Shaft Mine at a depth of 36 feet with an average coal seam of 3½ feet in thickness.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Keen Coal Mine		A. B. Keen		1917 - 1923

[Source - No. 1, Index 4634 ]
Last production was reported in 1923.

Kelkison Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County
An Underground Shaft Mine at a depth of 35 feet with an average coal seam of 3 feet in thickness.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Kelkison Coal Mine		T. H. Kelkison		1900 - 1901

[Source - No. 1]

Kolb Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 1 South, Range 13 West, Section 23

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Klob Coal Mine		Chas Thompson		1927

[Source - No. 1, Index 4650]

Lipper Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 2 South, Range 13 West, Section 7
An Underground Shaft Mine.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Lipper Coal Mine No. 2		Belmont Mining Company		prior to 1942

[Source - No. 1, Index 4653]

Maude Station Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 1 South, Range 13 West, Section 27
An Underground Shaft Mine.

Mine Name	Operated By	Years
Lancaster Coal Mine No. 1	Lancaster Coal Company	1936 - 1938
Maude Station Coal Mine No. 1	Maude Station Mine	1938 - 1939
Wilkerson Coal Mine	Ervin Wilkerson	1939 - 1940
Anderson Coal Mine	Anderson & Lindstrom Coal Company	1940 - 1941
Maude Station Coal Mine No. 1	Maude Station Mine	1941 - 1943

[Source - No. 1, Index 723 ]

Naylor Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 1 South, Range 13 West, Section 23

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Naylor Coal Mine		Naylor Mine		Unknown

[Source - No. 1, Index 4649]

New Bluff Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 2 South, Range 13 West, Section 20
An Underground Shaft Mine.

Mine Name	Operated By	Years
Unknown	Unknown	prior to 1933
New Bluff Coal Mine	New Bluff Mine	1933 - 1937

[Source - No. 1, Index 3899]

Old Maud Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 1 South, Range 13 West, Section 27
An Underground Shaft Mine.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Old Maud Coal Mine		Old Maud Mine		1927 -

[Source - No. 1, Index 3897]

Parkinson Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 1 North, Range 13 West, Section 24, SE NE SE
An Underground Shaft Mine at depth of 46 feet with an average coal seam of 2½ to 3 feet in thickness.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Parkinson Coal Mine No. 11		Joe Parkinson		1904 - 1906

[Source - No. 1, Index 4640]

Price Coal Mine
Pride Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 1 North, Range 13 West, Section 13, N½ SW SW
An Underground Shaft Mine at a depth of 42 to 47 feet with an average coal seam of 3 feet in thickness.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Pride Coal Mine		Pride Coal Company		1936

[Source - No. 1, Index 4639]
The mine was located on the Price farm, and is likely the Price Coal Company.
Last production was reported in 1936

Roderick Coal Mines

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Roderick Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 1 South, Range 13 West, Section 3
An Underground Shaft Mine.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Roderick Coal Mine No. 1		Roderick		prior to 1927

[Source - No. 1, Index 4642]

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Roderick Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 1 South, Range 13 West, Section 3
An Underground Shaft Mine.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Roderick Coal Mine No. 2		Roderick		1921 - 1923

[Source - No. 1, Index 4643 ]

Schrodt Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 2 South, Range 13 West, Section 2
An Underground Shaft Mine.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Schrodt Coal Mine		Schrodt Mine		1902

[Source - No. 1, Index 4651]

Seitz Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 1 South, Range 13 West, Section 23
An Underground Shaft Mine.

Mine Name	Operated By	Years
Briar Hill Coal Mine No. 2	Briar Hill Coal Company	1936 - 1937
Seitz Coal Mine No. 2	W. V. Brown	1937 - 1938

[Source - No. 1, Index 3896]

Shepard Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 1 North, Range 12 West, Section 6, NW SE NE
An Underground Shaft Mine at a depth of 18 feet with an average coal seam of 2 to 3 feet in thickness.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Shepard Coal Mine		Bert Shepard		circa 1902

[Source - No. 1, Index 4633]

Simonds Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 1 South, Range 13 West, Section 13
An Underground Shaft Mine.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Simonds Coal Mine		Simonds Mine		circa 1870

[Source - No. 1, Index 4646]

Sunshine Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 2 South, Range 13 West, Section 20
An Underground Shaft Mine.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Sunshine Coal Mine No. 1		H. A. Elkins		1931 - 1939

[Source - No. 1, Index 3898]

Tony Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County -
Township 1 North, Range 13 West, Section 13, NE SE SE
Township 1 North, Range 13 West, Section 13, SW NE SE
Two Underground Shaft Mines at a depth of 40 feet with an average coal seam of 3 feet in thickness.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Tony Coal Mine		Tony Mines		circa 1910 - 1920

[Source - No. 1, Index 4637]

Wabash Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 2 South, Range 13 West, Section 10
Underground Slope Mine.

Mine Name	Operated By	Years
Wabash Coal Mine	Ayrshire Coal Company Division of Amax Coal Company	1971
Wabash Coal Mine	Amax Coal Company	1971 - 2007
Wabash Coal Mine	RAG International	1999 -

[Source - No. 1, Index 921]

Wallace Coal Mine
2 Mines

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 1 South, Range 13 West, Section 23
An Underground Shaft Mine.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Wallace Coal Mine		Wabash Coal Company		Unknown

[Source - No. 1, Index 4648]

White City Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 2 South, Range 13 West, Section 29
An Underground Shaft Mine.

Mine Name	Operated By	Years
White City Coal Mine No. 1	White City Coal Company	1928 - 1939
White City Coal Mine	Fred Goodman	1939 - 1940
White City Coal Mine	Charles Borniet	1940 - 1942
White City Coal Mine No. 2	White City	1942 - 1943

[Source - No. 1, Index 3902]

Wirth Coal Mine

The legal description lists this as : Wabash County - Township 1 South, Range 13 West, Section 23
An Underground Shaft Mine.

Mine Name		Operated By		Years
Wirth Coal Mine		Charles Wirth		1923 - 1936

[Source - No. 1, Index 3894]

Sources :

¹ Coal Mines in Illinois, Wabash County
                Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 East Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL. 61820
² Twentieth Annual Coal Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1901,
                also the Third Annual Report of the Illinois Free Employment Offices, for the Year Ended
                October 1, 1901, David Ross, Secretary; Springfield, -- Springfield, ILL.; Phillips Bros., State Printers, 1902

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