Mine Index 6200 William Enness, Enness Mine

Mine Index Number: 6200

Company Name:	William Enness
Mine Name:	Enness Mine
Start Date:	1881	End Date:	1893
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:
Production Indicated Acres:	4	General Area of mining acres shown:	11
The outline shown is a general area of mining.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

McDonough

5N 3W

6

NW SE SE

Geology

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

Colchester

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

William Ennis (add)	Ennis (add)	1881-1886 Production and years of operation before July 1881 are unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicates 4 acres were mined.	3,280

Barney Cash (add)	Cash (add)	1886-1887	1,500

Ennos and Cash (add)	Ennos and Cash (add)	1887-1889	2,760

Barney Cash (add)	Cash (add)	1889-1890	760

N. B. Cash (add)	Cash (add)	1890-1891	200

William Enness (add)	Enness (add)	1891-1893	420

Total Production: 8,920

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Federal Land Bank Report

3-1936

1:124800

1:124800

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation

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

Federal Land Bank Report (McDonough County) - Slope location, ownership.