Mine Index 0929 Belle Valley Coal Company, Inc., Belle Valley Mine

Mine Index Number: 0929

Company Name:	Belle Valley Coal Company, Inc.
Mine Name:	Belle Valley Mine
Start Date:	1938	End Date:	May 1970
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	449
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

St. Clair

1N 8W

26

SE SE NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

26

NW SE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

69

6.0-7.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Belle Valley Coal Company, Inc. (add)	Belle Valley (add)	1938-1970 The 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County shows a mine at this location, indicating that mining may have taken place here in the early 1870s.	2,255,655
Total Production: 2,255,655

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-57

6-1-1970

1:2400

1:4966

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, thickness.

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

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-57 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.