Mine Index 2850   Hunt Coal Company,   Hunt Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Marshall unlocated
County: Marshall
Quadrangle: Lacon
County Coal Data: Marshall
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 2850

Company Name: Hunt Coal Company
Mine Name: Hunt Mine
Start Date: 1934 End Date: 1939
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: None
Production Indicated Acres: Less than 1 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main slope Marshall 12N 9E 2 NW SW SE

Geology

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

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Nighswonger Brothers [1] Nighswonger 1934-1935 [2] 122
C. Nighswonger [3] Nighswonger 1936-1936 367
Wilbur Nighswonger Nighswonger 1937-1938 388
Hunt Coal Company Hunt 1938-1939 236
Total Production: 1,113

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Mine notes Undated (text only) 1:24000 [4] Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Marshall County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Marshall County) - Mine type, slope location, seam.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. Nighswonger was spelled various ways (Negsonger, Nyswonger, etc.); the spelling chosen here is from the 1890 Plat and the later production in the Coal Reports.
  2. Idle 1935; may have been active 1930-1933 producing less than 1,000 tons/year
  3. Nighswonger was spelled various ways (Negsonger, Nyswonger, etc.); the spelling chosen here is from the 1890 Plat and the later production in the Coal Reports.
  4. The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.