Mine Index 2966 Avon Coal Company, Avon Mine

Mine Index Number: 2966

Company Name:	Avon Coal Company
Mine Name:	Avon Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1941
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	3	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Mercer

14N 2W

4

SE SW NE

Geology

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

Rock Island

18-35

3.5-4.0

RP

Geological Problems Reported

The immediate roof consisted of shale and rock, which came down easily. Pillars were not pulled.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

John Turner (add)	Turner (add)	1934-1934	500

Max Myers (add)	Myers (add)	1935-1937	3,130

Richardson Coal Company (add)	Richardson (add)	1935-1937	1,414

Eithel Richardson (add)	Richardson (add)	1938-1938	48

Ethell Skinner (add)	Skinner (add)	1938-1939	1,251

William H. Faulconer (add)	Faulconer (add)	1939-1939	81

Avon Coal Company (add)	Avon (add)	1939-1941	6,214

Total Production: 12,638

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

Mine notes (Mercer County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.