Mine Index 3062 Banner Block Coal Company, Banner Block Mine

Mine Index Number: 3062

Company Name:	Banner Block Coal Company
Mine Name:	Banner Block Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	1951
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	74
Production Indicated Acres:	60	General Area of mining acres shown:
The general area of mining in the northeastern part of the mine, the escape shaft, and a portion of the southeastern workings are shown on a 1923 source map of another mine, which indicates earlier ownership than shown below. The WPA map also indicates the Glenwood Mine (mine index 0827) also mined from the slope for the Banner Block Mine prior to 1923, and may been the initial operator of the Banner Block Mine.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Peoria

9N 6E

24

SW NW SW

Air slope

Peoria

9N 6E

24

SW NW SW

Escape shaft

Peoria

9N 6E

23

SE SE SE

Geology

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

Springfield

100-115

4.0

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Kupel Coal Company (add)	Kupel (add)	1936-1938	60

Banner Block Coal Company (add)	Banner Block (add)	1939-1951	217,674

Total Production: 217,734

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352269

6-1951

1:2400

1:3806

Final

ISGS map library, 4103.P41 i5.1-6

3-1-1923

1:1200

1:1200

Secondary source

WPA, T9N-R6E

circa 1934

1:12000

1:70392

Secondary source

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, drift location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352269, reel 03138, frame 335 - Slope locations, mine outline, mining method.

ISGS map library, 4103.P41 i5.1-6, map of Central West Mine (mine index 827) - General area of mining, escape shaft, mining method

WPA, T9N-R6E - Slope location, general area of mining, years of operation.