Mine Index 2623 Massey Brothers, Massey Mine

Mine Index Number: 2623

Company Name:	Massey Brothers
Mine Name:	Massey Mine
Start Date:	1884	End Date:	1936
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	4	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

La Salle

31N 3E

35

NW SW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

25-40

4.0-5.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Ben Davis (add)	Davis (add)	1884-1899Idle 1891-1895	7,665

H. Worthington & Company (lessee) (add)	Davis (add)	1899-1901	1,900

Idle (add)		1902-1909	0

Ben Davis and Son (add)	Davis (add)	1910-1912	350

Massey Brothers (add)	Massey (add)	1912-1914	1,150

Pratt Coal Company (add)	Pratt (add)	1914-1916	1,200

Idle (add)		1917-1919	0

Massey Brothers (add)	Massey (add)	1920-1936Idle 1926 and 1927, produced less than 1,000 tons per year from 1930 to 1933 and not reported	2,515

Total Production: 14,780

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

1:24000The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

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

Mine notes (La Salle County) - Shaft location.