Mine Index 2024 Jesse Straum, Comp Mine

Mine Index Number: 2024

Company Name:	Jesse Straum
Mine Name:	Comp Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None Production indicates approximately 4 acres were mined.
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Not shown on accompanying map due to later surface mining by Midland Mine (mine index 0681).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Bureau

16N 6E

22

SE SE SW

Air shaft

Bureau

16N 6E

22

SE SE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

42

4.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Jones and Brewer (add)	Jones and Brewer (add)	1934-1937	9,190

Harvey Comp (add)	Comp (add)	1937-1938	2,237

Jesse Straum (add)	Comp (add)	1938-1942	6,209

Total Production: 17,636

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351380

5-25-1942

1:1200

1:1200

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Bureau County) - Mine type, seam.

ISGS field notes (Bureau County) - Shaft location, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351380, reel 03135, frame 425 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.