Mine Index 2367 H. Burrell and W. Telfer, Burrell and Telfer Mine

Mine Index Number: 2367

Company Name:	H. Burrell and W. Telfer
Mine Name:	Burrell and Telfer Mine
Start Date:	1881	End Date:	1882
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	6	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Grundy

33N 7E

4

NE SW NW

Geology

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

Colchester

40

3.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

H. Burrell and W. Telfer (add)	Burrell and Telfer (add)	1881-1882 The mine was abandoned in 1884 because of an unsafe boiler and other machinery would have required imprudent investment.	16,967
Total Production: 16,967

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS composite, Area 1

8-1950

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

ISGS composite map, 1950 mined-out area map, Area 1 - Mine location.