Mine Index 2886 Bexson Coal Company, Bexson Mine

Mine Index Number: 2886

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

Company Name:	Bexson Coal Company
Mine Name:	Bexson Mine
Start Date:	1936	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

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Mine	McDonough	5N 4W	13	NW NW SE

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Colchester				1.83	Underground

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Bexson and Sons (add)	Bexson (add)	1936-1937	240

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Bexson Coal Company (add)	Bexson (add)	1938-1939	455

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Total Production: 695

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
ISGS Circular 19, Plate IV	1936	1:29469	1:29469	Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Bibliography
Mine notes (McDonough County) - Mine type, seam, thickness.

Bibliography
ISGS Circular 19, Plate IV - Mine location.