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Mine Index 3716   Sunshine Coal Company,   Sunshine No. 2 Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Vermilion unlocated
County: Vermilion
Quadrangle: Danville SE
County Coal Data: Vermilion
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 3716

Company Name: Sunshine Coal Company
Mine Name: Sunshine No. 2 Mine
Start Date: 1934 End Date: 1936
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
Mine Vermilion 19N 11W 27 NE SW [1]

Geology

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

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Sunshine Coal Company Sunshine No. 1 1934-1936 3,162
Sunshine Coal Company Sunshine No. 2 1935-1936 350
Total Production: 3,512

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
ISGS mine notes Undated (text only) 1:24000 [2] Undated

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, mine location.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. No. 1 & No. 2 are very likely in close proximity to each other, and probably mine the same reserve block. Since the location information is so poor, both mines are included under the same index number.
  2. Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.