Mine Index 2543 Chester Bennett, Bennett Mine

Mine Index Number: 2543

Company Name:	Chester Bennett
Mine Name:	Bennett Mine
Start Date:	1935	End Date:	1939
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. Not shown on accompanying map because of later surface mining by Middle Grove Mine (mine index 621).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Knox

9N 3E

36

SE

Geology

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

Springfield

20

3.83

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Charles H. Dehm (add)	Dehm (add)	1935-1936	1,573

Homer Morse (add)	Morse (add)	1937-1937	146

Morse and Bennett (add)	Morse and Bennett (add)	1938-1938	220

Chester Bennett (add)	Bennett (add)	1939-1939	500

Total Production: 2,439

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

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 (Knox County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (Knox County) - Mine type, drift location, seam, depth, thickness.

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