Mine Index 2540 William Mertz, Mertz Mine

Mine Index Number: 2540

Company Name:	William Mertz
Mine Name:	Mertz Mine
Start Date:	1919	End Date:	1945
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	6
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. The slope entry and the northern and eastern parts of the mine were later surface-mined by Middle Grove Mine (mine index 621).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Knox

9N 3E

35

NE SW NW

Air shaft

Knox

9N 3E

35

SE SW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

80-90

3.83

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

William Mertz (add)	Mertz (add)	1919-1920	1,422

William Meetz and Bates (add)	Meetz and Bates (add)	1920-1922	2,200 Production was not reported for mines producing less 10,000 tons in 1922.

William Mertz (add)	Mertz (add)	1922-1929	26,648 Production was not reported in 1931 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons.

William Mertz (add)	Mertz (add)	1929-1945	1,886 Production after map date

Total Production: 34,156

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352442

10-10-1929

1:1200

1:993

Not final

Microfilm, document 352442

6-28-1942

1:1200

1:1076

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Knox County) - Seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352442, reel 03139, frame 118 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Microfilm map, document 352453, reel 03139, frame 130 - Mine outline (west).