Mine Index 2447 Belle Rive Mining Company, Belle Rive No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2447

Company Name:	Belle Rive Mining Company
Mine Name:	Belle Rive No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1956	End Date:	1963
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	9
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit

Jackson

7S 2W

3

W ½ SE

Geology

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

Herrin (1956-1962)

18-30

4.0

Surface

Springfield (1963)

25

6.0

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

C. and M. Coal Company (add)	Como (add)	1956-1962 Idle 1959-1962	30,269

Belle Rive Mining Company (add)	Bell Rive No. 2 (add)	1963-1963	8,135

Total Production: 38,404

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

USGS topographic map, Vergennes

1968

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Jackson County) - Mine type, seam.

USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, Vergennes Quadrangle, 1968 - Mine outline.