Mine Index 2369 Espley and Handwerk, Espley and Handwerk Mine

Mine Index Number: 2369

Company Name:	Espley and Handwerk
Mine Name:	Espley and Handwerk Mine
Start Date:	1893	End Date:	1904
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	17	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

5

SW SE SW

Geology

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

Colchester

50-66

2.33-3.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

J. Espley and Company (add)	Espley (add)	1893-1902	31,689

Espley and Handwerk (add)	Espley and Handwerk (add)	1902-1904	9,579

Total Production: 41,268

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, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Grundy County) - Mine type, shaft location.

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