Mine Index 2965 B. and H. Coal Company, B. and H. Mine

Mine Index Number: 2965

Company Name:	B. and H. Coal Company
Mine Name:	B. and H. Mine
Start Date:	1917	End Date:	1952
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	2
Production Indicated Acres:	26 acres were mined and less than 1 acre was mined after the map date.	General Area of mining acres shown:
A general area of mining has been added to the accompanying map. B. and H. Mine was connected underground to Blaine Mine (mine index 2964).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Mercer

14N 2W

4

NE NE SW

Air shaft

Mercer

14N 2W

4

NE NE SW

Geology

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

Rock Island

10-40

3.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

W. T. Lee (add)	Lee (add)	1917-1922 Idle 1921 and 1922	4,840

Lee and Hagman (add)	Lee and Hagman (add)	1922-1925	10,452

William T. Lee (add)	Lee (add)	1925-1925	650

Lee Brothers (add)	Lee (add)	1926-1949 Idle 1942-1949	53,160

B. and H. Coal Company (add)	B. and H. (add)	1950-1952	1,880 Production after map date

Total Production: 70,982

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352237

9-20-1950

1:1200

1:1241

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 352237, reel 03138, frame 301 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.