Mine Index 7008 Ralph Burney, Burney Mine

Mine Index Number: 7008

Company Name:	Ralph Burney
Mine Name:	Burney Mine
Start Date:	1905	End Date:	1913
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	2	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

13

NW NE NW

Geology

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

Colchester

40-52

2.33-2.67

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Fox Brothers (add)	Fox (add)	1905-1910	3,061

Burney and Fox (add)	Burney and Fox (add)	1910-1912	280

Ralph Burney (add)	Burney (add)	1912-1913	266

Total Production: 3,607

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS Bulletin 30

1917

1:48000

1:48000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

ISGS Bulletin 30, Colchester-Macomb Quadrangles - Drift location, ownership.