Mine Index 2026 W. E. Jones, Jones Mine

Mine Index Number: 2026

Company Name:	W. E. Jones
Mine Name:	Jones Mine
Start Date:	1902	End Date:	1915
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	20
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

Bureau

16N 6E

25

NW NE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

60

4.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Edward Donahue (add)	Donahue (add)	1902-1905	12,982

Donahue and Moran (add)	Donahue and Moran (add)	1905-1906	7,940

Ed Donahue (add)	Donahue (add)	1906-1907	9,400

Donahue and Jones (add)	Donahue and Jones (add)	1907-1913	49,467

W. E. Jones (add)	Jones (add)	1913-1915	9,573

Total Production: 89,362

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Federal Land Bank Report

6-1935

1:126720

1:126720

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

Federal Land Bank Report (Bureau County) - Shaft location, mine outline.