Mine Index 2201   Black Eagle Coal Company,   Black Eagle Mine

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

Mine Index Number: 2201

Company Name: Black Eagle Coal Company
Mine Name: Black Eagle Mine
Start Date: 1916 End Date: 1945
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: 40 [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 shaft Fulton 7N 4E 29 SW NE NW
Air shaft Fulton 7N 4E 29 SW NE NW

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Springfield 45-64 4.83 MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The east-central part of the mine left an area unmined that was labeled “slips, bad roof, water”, and an area in the central portion of the mine was also unmined and labeled “slips, bad roof”. A few rooms along the western side of the mine had roof falls, and a few rooms in the southeastern part of the mine had water. Southern expansion was prohibited by a “fault” shown on the mine map. (Sometimes faults on mine maps are not structural faults but other geologic features, such as poor roof or contemporaneous channels.)

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
John Vandallia (operator)[2] West Locust Street 1916-1930 Unknown [3]
Black Eagle Coal Company Black Eagle 1931-1945 108,596
Total Production: 108,596

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Microfilm, document 351456 3-20-1946 1:600 1:993 Final
Microfilm, document 351585 10-20-1935 1:2400 1:2648 Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
Mine Inspector's reports, courtesy of Joe Pelc, IDNR - Depth, opening year.
Microfilm map, document 351456, reel 03136, frames 186 & 187 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems, thickness.
Microfilm map, document 351585, reel 3136, frame 372 - Mine outline (general area of mining on eastern side), mine ownership, mine name.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. With a general area of mining east of the shaft, where the oldest mining may have taken place.
  2. Microfilm map document 351585 shows the 1923 to 1935 mine surveys. John Vandallia and West Locust Street Mine were not listed in the Coal Reports, and production for the years from 1916 to 1930 is not known. See the unlocated mines for Fulton County.
  3. Microfilm map document 351585 shows the 1923 to 1935 mine surveys. John Vandallia and West Locust Street Mine were not listed in the Coal Reports, and production for the years from 1916 to 1930 is not known. See the unlocated mines at the back of this report.