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Mine Index 3000   Joseph Amberger,   Banks Mine

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Unlocated Mines In: Menard unlocated
County: Menard
Quadrangle: Salisbury
County Coal Data: Menard
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 3000

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
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
Shaft Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main shaft Menard 18N 6W 32 NE SE NW
Shaft Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Air shaft Menard 18N 6W 32 NE SE NW

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Seam Depth (ft) Thickness Min Thickness max Thickness Ave. Mining Method
Springfield 60-120 5.0-6.5 RPB

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
John P. Grossball Banks 1911-1914 1,410
Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Ewing and Calvert Banks 1914-1915 1,200
Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
John P. Grossball Banks 1915-1918 2,765
Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Joseph Amberger Banks 1918-1919 887
Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
James Amberger Banks 1919-1920 2,195
Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Joseph Amberger Banks 1920-1921 3,598
Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Joseph Amberger Banks 1921-1924 5,844 [1]
Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
James Amberger Banks 1924-1925 3,148 [2]
Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Joseph Amberger Banks 1925-1925 1,327 [3]
Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
James Amberger Banks 1926-1926 1,717 [4]
Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Joseph Amberger Banks 1927-1929 3,359 [5]
Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Total Production: 27,450

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
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)

Bibliography
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness.
Bibliography
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Menard County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Bibliography
Microfilm map, document 352228, reel 03138, frame 286 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. ↑ Production was not reported in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons. Production after map date.
  2. ↑ Production after map date
  3. ↑ Production after map date
  4. ↑ Production after map date
  5. ↑ Production after map date

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