Mine Index 4157 Ed A. Hughes, Hughes Mine

Mine Index Number: 4157

Company Name:	Ed A. Hughes
Mine Name:	Hughes Mine
Start Date:	1881	End Date:	1912
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:	18

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Menard

19N 5W

31

SE SE SE The Menard County Historical Society found evidence that this mine was south of the old school building (SE 31- T19N-R5W) and that most of the mining had taken place on the west side of the road.

Geology

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

Springfield

165-180

5.17-6.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Deal and Parker (add)	Deal and Parker (add)	1881-1882	2,800

Sweetwater Coal Company (add)	Sweetwater (add)	1882-1884	3,700

William Parkin (add)	Parkin (add)	1884-1902	51,330

Arthur Wainwright (add)	Wainwright (add)	1902-1910	22,951

Ed A. Hughes (add)	Hughes (add)	1910-1912	6,980

Total Production: 87,761

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

History of Menard County

1988

(text only)

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

Menard County, Illinois, History, Menard County Historical Society, 1988, 382p - Mine location.