Mine Index 3673 Martin Brothers Coal Company, Martin Mine

Mine Index Number: 3673

Company Name:	Martin Brothers Coal Company
Mine Name:	Martin Mine
Start Date:	1922	End Date:	1937
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	4
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Vermilion

19N 11W

17

NW SW SE

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 11W

17

SW SW SE

Geology

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

Danville

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

William C. Schafer (add)	Schafer (add)	1922-1923	1,640

Schafer Brothers (add)	Schafer No. 5 (add)	1923-1929	11,081 Production not reported 1930-1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year

Martin Brothers Coal Company (add)	Martin (add)	1935-1937	1,687

Total Production: 14,408

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352896

1-30-1937

1:1200

1:1241

Final

WPA, T19N-R11W

1-30-1937

1:12000

1:54545

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, slope location, seam.

Microfilm map, document 352896, reel 03141, frame 31 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

WPA, T19N-R11W - Mine map placement.