Mine Index 2661 B. and P. Coal Company, B. and P. Mine

Mine Index Number: 2661

Company Name:	B. and P. Coal Company
Mine Name:	B. and P. Mine
Start Date:	1935	End Date:	1939
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

La Salle

32N 2E

16

NW SW NE

Geology

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

Colchester

38-40

3.0

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Thirl Costen (add)	Costen (add)	1935-1939	366

B. and P. Coal Company (add)	B. and P. (add)	1939-1939	110

Total Production: 476

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

1:62500

1:24000The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (La Salle County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.

ISGS field notes (La Salle County) - Mine location, seam, thickness.