Mine Index 2993 Never Seen Coal Company, Never Seen Mine

Mine Index Number: 2993

Company Name:	Never Seen Coal Company
Mine Name:	Never Seen Mine
Start Date:	1929	End Date:	July 5, 1943
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	21
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1 acre was mined after the map date.	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Mercer

15N 2W

34

SE SE NW

Air shaft

Mercer

15N 2W

34

SE SE NW

Geology

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

Rock Island

30

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

James O’Rourke and Mike Bugas (add)	O’Rourke and Bugas (add)	1929-1932	7,237

Never Seen Coal Company (add)	Never Seen (add)	1933-1937	22,720

O’Rourke and Bugas (add)	O’Rourke and Bugas (add)	1938-1938	3,174

Never Seen Coal Company (add)	Never Seen (add)	1939-1943	32,418

Never Seen Coal Company (add)	Never Seen (add)	1943-1943	273 Production after map date

Total Production: 65,822

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352245

6-20-1943

1:600

1:993

Not final

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.

Microfilm map, document 352245, reel 03138, frame 309 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.