Mine Index 6670 William H. Bennett, Bennett Mine

Mine Index Number: 6670

Company Name:	William H. Bennett
Mine Name:	Bennett Mine
Start Date:	1917	End Date:	1921
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	Less than 1
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Vermilion

19N 11W

16

SW SW NW

Geology

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

Danville

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

William H. Bennett (add)	Bennett (add)	1917-1921 The map date and the years of operation seem unlikely to go together. This production may not be at this location, but no production was recorded under this name in the late 1930s.	2,950

Total Production: 2,950

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352898

11-20-1937

1:600

1:600

Final

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.

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352898, reel 03141, frame 33 - Slope location, mine outline, mining method.