Mine Index 3284 Bankston Creek Collieries Company, Bankston Creek No. 4 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3284

Company Name:	Bankston Creek Collieries Company
Mine Name:	Bankston Creek No. 4 Mine
Start Date:	1939	End Date:	January 1947
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	449
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The southern part of this mine was later surface-mined by Bankston Creek No. 2 Mine (mine index 4241).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Saline

9S 6E

27

NE SW NE

Air / escape shaft

Saline

9S 6E

26

NW SW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

75

5.17-5.33

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

Several northwest-southeast trending faults were present in the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Bankston Creek Collieries Company (add)	Bankston Creek No. 4 (add)	1939-1947	2,388,845
Total Production: 2,388,845

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352800

1-13-1947

1:2400

1:3972

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, slope location, seam.

Microfilm map, document 352800, reel 03140, frames 346 and 347 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.