Mine Index 4141 Gib Henson Coal Company, Henson Mine

Mine Index Number: 4141

Company Name:	Gib Henson Coal Company
Mine Name:	Henson Mine
Start Date:	1927	End Date:	1941
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	27 The area shown is too large for the reported production. The reported production indicates approximately 13 acres were mined. Mine index 4470 is also in this vicinity. J. H. Hughes found a slope in this vicinity about 1926, which is further evidence of previous ownership. The general area of mining in the northeastern part of the mine was later surface-mined by mine index 6853.
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 slope, No. 2

Williamson

9S 4E

32

SW NE NW

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

32

NW NE NW

Slope No. 1

Williamson

9S 4E

32

NE NE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

32-35

4.5

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The source map indicates that mining holed into Steel Tipple No. 2 Mine (mine index 4137).

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Ensminger and Rentfro (add)	Ensminger and Rentfro (add)	1927-1927	2,320

Springhart Brothers (add)	Springhart No. 1 (add)	1931-1934	16,000

Rentfro and Springhart (add)	Rentfro and Springhart (add)	1928-1930	6,708

Gib Henson Coal Company (add)	Henson (add)	1940-1941	1,429

Cogdil Coal Company (add)	Cogdil (add)	1939-1939	130

Springhart Brothers (add)	Springhart No. 2 (add)	1935-1939	27,123

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353211

1-18-1942

1:1200

1:1241

Final

Company, 4103.W52 i5.1-82

1-9-1941

1:1200

1:1200

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 353211, reel 03142, frame 130 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-82 - Mine outline (east, north, northwest), slope and air shaft locations.

Microfilm map, document 353159, reel 03142, frame 46 - Mine ownership, years of operation.