Mine Index 2541 Morse Coal Company, Morse Mine

Mine Index Number: 2541

Company Name:	Morse Coal Company
Mine Name:	Morse Mine
Start Date:	1927	End Date:	1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	6
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 slope

Knox

9N 3E

35

SW SE NE

Air shaft

Knox

9N 3E

35

NE SE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

90

3.83

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

J. B. Morse (add)	Morse (add)	1927-1929	670

Davidson, Morse, Bide and Keemer (add)	Davidson, Morse, Bide and Keemer (add)	1930-1930	1,006

Davison and Morse (add)	Davidson and Morse (add)	1931-1931	7,529

Clyde Morse (add)	Morse (add)	1932-1932	1,000

Homer Morse (add)	Morse No. 1 (add)	1933-1933	1,008

Homer Morse (add)	Morse No. 2 (add)	1934-1936	2,297

Aaron Davison (add)	Davidson (add)	1936-1940	8,960

Homer Morse (add)	Morse (add)	1941-1941	187

John W. Chester and George Cooley (add)	Morse (add)	1941-1941	425

Cooley Coal Company (add)	Cooley (add)	1942-1942	238

Morse Coal Company (add)	Morse (add)	1942-1942	97

Total Production: 26,509

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352459

10-3-1942

1:1200

1:2400

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) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352459, reel 03139, frame 140 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method