Mine Index 3329 Bennett Coal Company, Bennett No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3329

Company Name:	Bennett Coal Company
Mine Name:	Bennett No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1959	End Date:	February 1960
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	None This mine is not shown on the accompanying map. The seam mined is not known and both the Herrin and Springfield Coals were surface-mined in this section. Surface mining occurred throughout the section, and it is likely that this small mine’s outline is included within one of the larger mines in this section.
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple / pit

Saline

10S 7E

11

Geology

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

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Bennett Coal Company (add)	Bennett No. 2 (add)	1959-1960	1,052
Total Production: 1,052

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

(text only)

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, mine location.