Mine Index 3057 Bennett Coal Company, Bennett Mine

Mine Index Number: 3057

Company Name:	Bennett Coal Company
Mine Name:	Bennett Mine
Start Date:	1940	End Date:	1952
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	5
Production Indicated Acres:	2 acres were mined after the map date.	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Peoria

9N 6E

22

SE NW SW

Air shaft

Peoria

9N 6E

23

SE NW SW

Geology

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

Springfield

15

4.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Peter Hoffman (add)	Hoffman (add)	1940-1940	4,576

Jay Bird Coal Company The mine ownership transferred from Richard Price to Max Wyman in 1942, but the mine continued to operate as Jay Bird Coal Company. (add)	Jay Bird No. 2 (add)	1941-1944	5,262

Elmer Streitmatter (add)	Streitmatter (add)	1944-1944	225

Schneider Coal Company (add)	Schneider (add)	1945-1949	6,573

Schneider Coal Company (add)	Schneider (add)	1949-1950	1,535 Production after map date

Dawson and Johnson Coal Company (add)	Dawson and Johnson (add)	1950-1950	300 Production after map date

Dawson and Smith Coal Company (add)	Dawson and Smith (add)	1950-1950	1,500 Production after map date

Blankenship Coal Company (add)	Jay Bird (add)	1950-1951	778 Production after map date

W. H. Simpson Coal Company (add)	Simpson (add)	1951-1952	566 Production after map date

Bennett Coal Company (add)	Bennett (add)	1952-1952	179 Production after map date

Total Production: 21,494

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352255

1-9-1949

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 352255, reel 03138, frame 321 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.