Mine Index 0603 M. and B. Coal Company, M. and B. Mine

Mine Index Number: 0603

Company Name:	M. and B. Coal Company
Mine Name:	M. and B. Mine
Start Date:	1923	End Date:	1939
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	26
Acres after map date:	3	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

10

SW NE SE

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

10

SW NE SE

Escape shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

10

SW NE SE

Geology

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

Danville

85

6.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was a gray shale that required about a foot of top coal left to support it. The source map traced from the Vermilion County Recorder’s Office indicates several areas of the mine were filled with water and had to be sealed from the active portions of the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

M. and B. Coal Company (add)	M. and B. (add)	1923-1937	138,159

M. and B. Coal Company ISGS records indicate M. & B. is an abbreviation for Mauck & Bock Coal Company. Other owners were Louis Bock in 1938, Roy Smith (also in 1938), and C. L. Foster in November 1939 (no production under this owner). The mine was leased in 1939 by a Mr. Gaston, but the mine was idle (due to a foot of water in the works) from February to June 1939. (add)	M. and B. (add)	1937-1939	14,077 Production after map date

Total Production: 152,236

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352909

4-15-1937

1:1200

1:1490

Incomplete Not final as well as incomplete

Company, 10-7-13

4-15-1936

1:720

1:720

Not 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, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 352909, reel 03141, frame 46 - Shaft locations, mine outline.

Company map, courtesy Vermilion County Recorder’s Office, traced, Coal Section files 10-7-13 - Mine outline, mining method.