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Mine Index 2067   Black Walnut Coal Company,   Black Walnut Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Edgar unlocated
County: Edgar
Quadrangle: Scottland
County Coal Data: Edgar
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 2067

Company Name: Black Walnut Coal Company
Mine Name: Black Walnut Mine
Start Date: 1936 End Date: 1937
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: Less than 1
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 Edgar 16N 11W 36 NE NW NE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Danville 28 3.5 Underground

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Black Walnut Coal Company [1] Black Walnut 1936-1937 340
Total Production: 340

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Microfilm, document 351411 5-21-1937 1:2400 1:3972 Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Edgar County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Edgar County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.
Microfilm map, document 351411, reel 03136, frame 29 - Slope location, mine outline, mining method.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. The mine changed ownership in 1937, but continued to report under the same name. The source map indicated the owners were H. Lovelace and C. M. Robertson.