Mine Index 3000 Joseph Amberger, Banks Mine

Mine Index Number: 3000

Company Name:	Joseph Amberger
Mine Name:	Banks Mine
Start Date:	1911	End Date:	1929
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	4
Acres after map date:	4	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Menard

18N 6W

32

NE SE NW

Air shaft

Menard

18N 6W

32

NE SE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

60-120

5.0-6.5

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

John P. Grossball (add)	Banks (add)	1911-1914	1,410

Ewing and Calvert (add)	Banks (add)	1914-1915	1,200

John P. Grossball (add)	Banks (add)	1915-1918	2,765

Joseph Amberger (add)	Banks (add)	1918-1919	887

James Amberger (add)	Banks (add)	1919-1920	2,195

Joseph Amberger (add)	Banks (add)	1920-1921	3,598

Joseph Amberger (add)	Banks (add)	1921-1924	5,844 Production was not reported in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons. Production after map date.

James Amberger (add)	Banks (add)	1924-1925	3,148 Production after map date

Joseph Amberger (add)	Banks (add)	1925-1925	1,327 Production after map date

James Amberger (add)	Banks (add)	1926-1926	1,717 Production after map date

Joseph Amberger (add)	Banks (add)	1927-1929	3,359 Production after map date

Total Production: 27,450

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352228

3-15-1921

1:600

1:786

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Microfilm map, document 352228, reel 03138, frame 286 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.