Mine Index 0852 Black Hawk Coal Company, Black Hawk Mine

Mine Index Number: 0852

Company Name:	Black Hawk Coal Company
Mine Name:	Black Hawk Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	7
Acres after map date:	less than one	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Vermilion

19N 12W

9

NE SW SE

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

9

SE SW SE

Geology

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

Danville

100

5.83

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Black Hawk Coal Company (add)	Black Hawk (add)	1934-1941	32,239

Black Hawk Coal Company (add)	Black Hawk (add)	1941-1942	1,504 Production after map date

Total Production: 33,743

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352947 A final map (dated 6-15-1943) is available at the Vermilion County Recorder’s Office (cabinet 03903, drawer 4). Since much less than an acre was mined after the map date, this map has not yet been copied.

6-27-1941

1:600

1:993

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, slope and air shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352947, reel 03141, frame 89 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.