Mine Index 6996 Frank Murray, Murray Mine

Mine Index Number: 6996

Company Name:	Frank Murray
Mine Name:	Murray Mine
Start Date:	1906	End Date:	1934
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	Less than 1
Acres after map date:	1 acre mined after the map date.	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

McDonough

5N 4W

1

SE NE SW

Air shaft

McDonough

5N 4W

1

SE NE SW

Geology

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

Colchester

30-50

1.67-2.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

B. F. Murray (add)	Murray (add)	1906-1909	640

Murray and Martin (add)	Murray and Martin (add)	1909-1911 Idle 1911	200

Frank Murray (add)	Murray (add)	1911-1924	2,128 Idle 1914; production not reported in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons

B. F. Murray (add)	Murray (add)	1924-1925	135

Frank Murray (add)	Murray (add)	1926-1934	310 Idle 1927, 1928; production not reported 1930-1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year

Frank Murray (add)	Murray (add)	1929-1934	20 Production after map date

Total Production: 3,433

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353323

12-17-1929

1:360

1:360

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Microfilm, document 353323, reel 03142, frame 299 - Drift location, mine ownership, mining method.