Mine Index 2285 Bennett Coal Company, Bennett No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2285

Company Name:	Bennett Coal Company
Mine Name:	Bennett No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1956	End Date:	December 1959
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	22 Production indicates approximately 5 acres were mined. This field notes indicate older surface mining was present in this area, and that a drift mine predated the surface mining. The area shown includes mining done by other operators.
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple

Gallatin

10S 8E

18

NE SE

Geology

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

Springfield

2

5.0

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Eagle Valley Coal Corporation (add)	Eagle Valley (add)	1956-1956	4,000

Beecher-Williams Coal Company (add)	Beecher-Williams No. 5 (add)	1957-1957	20,642

Barbie Dee Mines, Incorporated (add)	Barbie Dee No. 2 (add)	1958-1958	10,477

Bennett Coal Company (add)	Bennett No. 1 (add)	1959-1959	8,713

Total Production: 43,832

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4102 a-7, sheet 1

1981-1983

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Microfilm, document 351554

9-7-1956

1:1200

1:1656

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.

ISGS map library, 4102 a-7, sheet 1, work map for Equality Quadrangle Geologic Map - Mine outline.

Microfilm map, document 351554, reel 03136, frame 322, map of Colbert Mine (mine index 659) - Mine outline.