Mine Index 3735 Markunas Coal Company, Markunas Mine

Mine Index Number: 3735

Company Name:	Markunas Coal Company
Mine Name:	Markunas Mine
Start Date:	1928	End Date:	1939
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	2
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Slope

Vermilion

19N 11W

32

SW NW SE

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 11W

32

SE NE SW

Geology

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

Danville

17

5.0-5.25

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Alfred L. Del Valley (add)	Del Valley (add)	1928-1930	4,675 Idle or produced less than 1,000 tons in 1930

William DuVall & R. S. Wyatt (add)	DuVall & Wyatt (add)	1931-1931	4,683

R. S. Wyatt (add)	Wyatt (add)	1932-1932	2,399

Del Valley Coal Company (add)	Del Valley No. 2 (add)	1933-1936	2,338

Markunas Coal Company (add)	Markunas (add)	1937-1939	1,719

Total Production: 15,814

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352883

12-15-1942

1:600

1:993

Final

Company, 4103.V4 i5.1-6

1-14-1941

1:600

1:600

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 352883, reel 03140, frames 513-514 - Slope location, mine outline, mining method.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-6 - Slope location, mine outline, mining method.