Mine Index 4114 E. E. Ensminger, Ensminger Mine

Mine Index Number: 4114

Company Name:	E. E. Ensminger
Mine Name:	Ensminger Mine
Start Date:	1889	End Date:	1909
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	3	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Williamson

9S 4E

29

SW SE SW

Geology

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

Springfield

14-45

4.0-8.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

E. E. Ensminger (add)	Ensminger (add)	1889-1902 Idle 1896	6,735

Ensminger and Rentfro (add)	Ensminger and Rentfro (add)	1902-1903	1,258

E. E. Ensminger (add)	Ensminger (add)	1903-1909	8,128

Total Production: 16,121

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

(text only)

1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, drift location, seam, thickness.