Mine Index 3729 Bunsen Coal Company, Kelly No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3729

Company Name:	Bunsen Coal Company
Mine Name:	Kelly No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1890	End Date:	May 1914
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,044
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The boundaries between the Kelly mines (No.s 1 through 5 and 46 and 47, mine index numbers 3731, 3729, 3663, 3660, 3740, 3664 and 3661) cannot be distinguished with any accuracy. The total area for these Kelly mines (5,300 acres) is in line with production of all the Kelly mines.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Vermilion

19N 11W

31

SE SW SE

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 11W

31

SE SW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

180-210

6.0-8.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

M. Kelly & Company (add)	Kelly No. 2 (add)	1890-1891	16,013

Kellyville Coal Company (add)	Kelly No. 2 (add)	1891-1895	906,794

Kelly Coal Company (add)	Kelly No. 2 (add)	1895-1897	651,753

Kellyville Coal Company (add)	Kelly No. 2 (add)	1897-1904	2,189,418

Kelly Coal Company (add)	Kelly No. 2 (add)	1904-1906	296,658

Kelly Coal Company (add)	Kelly No. 42 (add)	1906-1908	350,901

Hammond Coal Company (add)	Kelly No. 42 (add)	1908-1909	173,637

Bunsen Coal Company (add)	Kelly No. 2 (add)	1909-1914	1,408,801

Total Production: 5,993,975

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State Archive, MSHA_1056_01

6-21-1907

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-135

7-1-1947

1:42240

1:42240

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.

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

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

Company map, State Archives, MSHA_1056_01, courtesy Robert Gibson, DNR - Mine outline (eastern and southern), shaft locations, mining method.

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-135, property map of U.S. Coal & Coke Company - Shaft location, mine outline.