Mine Index 0617 Citizens Mining and Sales Company, Mine “B”

Mine Index Number: 0617

Company Name:	Citizens Mining and Sales Company
Mine Name:	Mine “B”
Start Date:	1897	End Date:	1947
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	3,462 The boundary between Mine “A” and Mine “B” (mine index 616) is not discernible. The acreage shown reflects the area of both mines.
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The boundary between Mine “A” and Mine “B” (mine index 0616) is not discernible. The acreage shown reflects the area of both mines.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft

Sangamon

16N 5W

32

SW NW NW

Air / escape shaft

Sangamon

16N 5W

32

SE NW NW

Air / escape shaft

Sangamon

16N 5W

31

SW NW SE

Geology

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

Sangamon

210

5.75

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

Bad roof conditions were encountered in the southwestern part of the mine. The roof was the typical black shale of the area, but it didn't stay up as well as at other mines in the vicinity, breaking down when the coal was shot, and having to be loaded out of the mine. Fewer horsebacks than normal were seen in this portion of the mine, as well as thinner coal.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Citizens Coal Mining Company (add)	Mine B (add)	1897-1924	3,585,072

Buckley Coal Company (add)	Mine B (add)	1924-1927	1,323,708

Mine B Coal Company (add)	Mine B (add)	1928-1944 Idle 1938	4,439,381

Citizens Mining and Sales Company (add)	Mine B (add)	1945-1947 Idle 1945	71,504

Total Production: 9,419,665

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State Archive, IL_59_01

3-26-1945

1:2400

1:5297

Final

State Archive, IL_58_01

12-20-1947

1:2400

1:4138

Final

State Archive, IL_380_09

3-31-1947

1:2400

1:5628

Secondary source

Company, 4103.S33 i5.1-54

1-1944

1:4800

1:4800

Not final

WPA

1938-1940

1:12000

1:29333

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Sangamon County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

State Archive, IL_380_09, Map of Panther Creek No. 4 Mine (mine index 618) - Mine outline (north & northwest).

State Archive, IL_59_01 - Mine outline (north & northeast).

State Archive, IL_58_01 - Mine outline (southwest).

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S33 i5.1-54 - Mine outline (west).

WPA maps, T15N-R5W, T16N-R5W, T15N-R6W, T16N-R6W - Mine outline (south & southeast), shafts.