were sold in the amount of $5,460. Corporation papers were recorded on June 14, 1872. The cost of sinking the shaft was $2.50 per foot, and it is believed that the depth was approximately . The last entry made in the ledger was Nov. 3, 1873, the sinking of the shaft was abandoned with no reason given. About 1932, Illinois State Route 48 was constructed through Palmer - part of it over the top of the old mine. On Sept. 10, 1969, the old mine shaft, so long abandoned, become more dangerous than ever before. At 9:00 a.m. a little hole was visible, as though someone had hauled dirt away. By 3:45 p.m., the same day the hole was larger, by and deeper; that evening it was a large hole filled with water with rotted timbers floating on top and was 375 to deep, threatening to flood the highway. The old mine shaft had caved in. Traffic was re-routed from the highway and the trains on the Norfolk and Western traveled at a very slow speed, as the Highway Department was afraid of a further cave in. Approximately 190 truckloads of slag, rock, and dirt were hauled to the site and the shaft was filled at an estimated cost of $30,000. References Villages in Christian County, Illinois Villages in Illinois Populated places established in 1873