Mine Index 7104 McNair and Sweeny, McNair and Sweeny Mine

Mine Index Number: 7104

Company Name:	McNair and Sweeny
Mine Name:	McNair and Sweeny Mine
Start Date:	1863	End Date:	1875
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

34

NW SE

Geology

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

Danville

147

6.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

John Faulds (add)	Faulds (add)	1863-1870	Unknown Production before July 1881 is not known.

McNair and Sweeny (add)	McNair and Sweeny (add)	1870-circa 1875	Unknown Production before July 1881 is not known

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

History of Vermilion County

1879

(text only) The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

H. W. Beckwith, 1879, History of Vermilion County, Illinois - Mine ownership, years of operation (before 1881).