Mine Index 0401 United States Coal and Coke Company, Bunsen Mine

Mine Index Number: 0401

Company Name:	United States Coal and Coke Company
Mine Name:	Bunsen Mine
Start Date:	1916	End Date:	April 1947
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	3,736
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Vermilion

18N 12W

26

NE NW SE

Air shaft

Vermilion

18N 12W

26

NE NW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

200-240

4.0

8.0

6.0

MRP, HERsome HER

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was 1 to 4 feet of draw slate. The chief impurity in the coal came from the numerous horsebacks in the upper part of the seam. A few pyrite concretions and nodules were noticed. The source maps show a sandstone channel in the southwest corner of the mine, faults in the east-central and far west northcentral areas, and “faulty sand rock” in the far east-central and northeastern portions of the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

United States Fuel Company (add)	Bunsen (add)	1916-1940	17,446,759

United States Coal and Coke Company (add)	Bunsen (add)	1941-1947	6,265,914

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353017

7-1-1947

1:1200

1:2731

Final

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-135

7-1-1947

1:42240

1:42240

Final

Company

1947

1:7200

1:7200

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 353017, reel 03141, frames 164-186 - Shaft locations, mine outline, geologic problems.

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-135 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Company map, loaned by Peabody Coal Company - Mine outline, mining method.