Mine Index 3735 Markunas Coal Company, Markunas Mine

Mine Index Number: 3735

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

Company Name:	Markunas Coal Company
Mine Name:	Markunas Mine
Start Date:	1928	End Date:	1939
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	2
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Slope	Vermilion	19N 11W	32	SW NW SE

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Air shaft	Vermilion	19N 11W	32	SE NE SW

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Danville	17			5.0-5.25	MRP

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Alfred L. Del Valley (add)	Del Valley (add)	1928-1930	4,675

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
William DuVall & R. S. Wyatt (add)	DuVall & Wyatt (add)	1931-1931	4,683

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
R. S. Wyatt (add)	Wyatt (add)	1932-1932	2,399

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Del Valley Coal Company (add)	Del Valley No. 2 (add)	1933-1936	2,338

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Markunas Coal Company (add)	Markunas (add)	1937-1939	1,719

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Total Production: 15,814

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
Microfilm, document 352883	12-15-1942	1:600	1:993	Final

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
Company, 4103.V4 i5.1-6	1-14-1941	1:600	1:600	Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Bibliography
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Bibliography
Microfilm map, document 352883, reel 03140, frames 513-514 - Slope location, mine outline, mining method.

Bibliography
Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-6 - Slope location, mine outline, mining method.