Mine Index 4141 Gib Henson Coal Company, Henson Mine

Mine Index Number: 4141

Company Name:	Gib Henson Coal Company
Mine Name:	Henson Mine
Start Date:	1927	End Date:	1941
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	27
Production Indicated Acres:	13	General Area of mining acres shown:
The area shown is too large for the reported production. J.H. Hughes found a slope in this vicinity about 1926, which is further evidence of previous ownership. The general area of mining in the northeastern part of the mine was later surface-mined by mine index 6853.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope, No. 2

Williamson

9S 4E

32

SW NE NW

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

32

NW NE NW

Slope No. 1

Williamson

9S 4E

32

NE NE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

32-35

4.5

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The source map indicates that mining holed into Steel Tipple No. 2 Mine (mine index 4137).

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Ensminger and Rentfro (add)	Ensminger and Rentfro (add)	1927-1927	2,320

Rentfro and Springhart (add)	Rentfro and Springhart (add)	1928-1930	6,708

Springhart Brothers (add)	Springhart No. 1 (add)	1931-1934	16,000

Springhart Brothers (add)	Springhart No. 2 (add)	1935-1939	27,123

Cogdil Coal Company (add)	Cogdil (add)	1939-1939	130

Gib Henson Coal Company (add)	Henson (add)	1940-1941	1,429

Total Production: 53,710

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, msha_558_01

1-18-1942

1:1200

1:1200

Final

Company, 4103.W52 i5.1-82

1-9-1941

1:1200

1:1200

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

State archive map, msha_558_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-82 - Mine outline (east, north, northwest), slope and air shaft locations.

Microfilm map, document 353159, reel 03142, frame 46 - Mine ownership, years of operation.