Mine Index 3882 Bushong Brothers, Muncie Mine

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

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 Idle 1906	none

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

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

Bushong Brothers Owned by W. G. Hartshorn, operated by Bushong Brothers (add)	Muncie (add)	1908-1912	78,648

Total Production: 281,062

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 oint plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.

Secondary source

Federal Land Bank Report

1-1934

1:105000

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).