Mine Index 3032 Marteness Mining Company, Blender Mine

Mine Index Number: 3032

Company Name:	Marteness Mining Company
Mine Name:	Blender Mine
Start Date:	1937	End Date:	1944
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	3
Acres after map date:	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

Peoria

8N 7E

3

NW NW NE

Air shaft

Peoria

9N 7E

34

SW SW SE

Geology

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

Springfield

97

4.33

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

William Blender (add)	Domino (add)	1937-1940	6,178

Ira Darling (add)	Blender (add)	1940-1940	1,800

Blender Mining Company Operated by F. and I. Mosher followed by Thomas O’Brian, then William Blender, then Jack Palish. (add)	Blender (add)	1941-1942	2,944

Lewis G. White (add)	Blender (add)	1942-1942	400 Production after map date

Blender Mining Company (add)	Blender (add)	1943-1943	282 Production after map date

Marteness Mining Company (add)	Blender (add)	1944-1944	451 Production after map date

Total Production: 12,055

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352147

6-30-1942

1:2400

1:4468

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Peoria County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352147, reel 03138, frame 168 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.