Mine Index 0766 Burn Well Coal Company, Burn Well Mine

Mine Index Number: 0766

Company Name:	Burn Well Coal Company
Mine Name:	Burn Well Mine
Start Date:	1899	End Date:	March 1945
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	210
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

Madison

3N 8W

27

SE NE SW

Air shaft

Madison

3N 8W

27

SE NE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

163-165

6.0-7.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Bullock Brothers (add)	Bullock (add)	1899-1918	108,377

Bullock Mining Company (add)	Bullock (add)	1918-1938	875,331

Burn Well Coal Company (add)	Burn Well (add)	1938-1945	178,702

Total Production: 1,162,410

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352362

5-19-1945

1:1200

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Madison County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352362, reel 03138, frames 480, 481 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.