Mine Index 3717 A. L. Bales Coal Company, Bales Mine

Mine Index Number: 3717

Company Name:	A. L. Bales Coal Company
Mine Name:	Bales Mine
Start Date:	1930	End Date:	1936
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Vermilion

19N 11W

27

NW

Geology

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

Danville

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

A. L. Bales Coal Company (add)	Bales (add)	1930-1936	1,565 Production not reported 1930-1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year

Total Production: 1,565

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS mine notes

Undated

(text only)

1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.

Undated

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam.