Mine Index 3882 Bushong Brothers, Muncie Mine

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

Mine Index Number: 3882


Company Name:	Bushong Brothers
Mine Name:	Muncie Mine
Start Date:	1893	End Date:	1912
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:	60

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Vermilion

19N 13W

9

SE SW SW

Geology

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

Danville

5.2-6.0

RP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Muncie Coal Company (add)	Muncie No. 1 (add)	1893-1900	115,953

Entre Nous Coal Company (add)	Muncie (add)	1900-1901	15,000

Muncie Coal Company (add)	Muncie No. 1 (add)	1901-1903	27,732

F. W. Davis (add)	Muncie (add)	1903-1904	6,000

Atherton Coal Company (add)	Atherton No. 1 (add)	1904-1905	10,280

Central Coal and Coke of Chicago (add)	Muncie (add)	1905-1906 ^[1]	none

Vermilion Valley Mining Company (add)	Vermilion Valley (add)	1906-1907	9,800

Frank Davis (add)	Muncie (add)	1907-1908	17,649

Bushong Brothers ^[2] (add)	Muncie (add)	1908-1912	78,648


Total Production: 281,062

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

ISGS mine notes

Undated

(text only)

1:24000 ^[3]

Secondary source

Federal Land Bank Report

1-1934

1:105000

Secondary source

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.

ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.

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

Federal Land Bank Report (Vermilion County) - Mine outline (general area of mining).

Mine Notes

Mine Images

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	State Archive
	Map ID:	MSHA_1155_01
	Company:
	Mine Name:	Muncie
	Caption:
	Map Date:	08-01-1908
	Map Status:	Not Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:
	More Info:	M3882 MSHA 1155 01
	Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!	https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/vermilion/m3882 MSHA 1155 01.zip

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	Federal Land Bank Report
	Map ID:	Vermilion County
	Company:
	Mine Name:
	Caption:
	Map Date:	01-1934
	Map Status:	Secondary
	Image Credit:
	Note:	Only this mine clipped from the Vermilion County Federal Land Bank Report was georegistered
	More Info:	M3882 quade
	Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!	https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/vermilion/m3882 quade.zip

Photographs

Notes

↑ Idle 1906
↑ Owned by W. G. Hartshorn, operated by Bushong Brothers
↑ oint plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.

[1] Idle 1906

[2] Owned by W. G. Hartshorn, operated by Bushong Brothers

[3] t plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.

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