Mine Index 2767 Bunker Hill Coal and Mining Company, Bunker Hill Mine

Mine Index Number: 2767

Company Name:	Bunker Hill Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Bunker Hill Mine
Start Date:	1911	End Date:	March 1953
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	228
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 shaft

Madison

3N 8W

28

NW SE SE

Air shaft

Madison

3N 8W

28

NE SW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

190

6.0-6.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Williams and Neuman (add)	Williams and Neuman (add)	1911-1912	7,000

Bunker Hill Coal Company (add)	Bunker Hill (add)	1912-1918	40,631

Williams and Sager (add)	Williams and Sager (add)	1918-1920	20,190

Bunker Hill Coal and Mining Company (add)	Bunker Hill (add)	1920-1953	1,325,558

Total Production: 1,393,379

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352366

2-1953

1:2400

1:4469

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam.

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

Mine notes (Madison County) - Shaft location, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352366, reel 03138, frame 487 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.