Mine Index 3771 Black Diamond Coal Company, Black Diamond Mine

Mine Index Number: 3771

Company Name:	Black Diamond Coal Company
Mine Name:	Black Diamond Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1937
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. Not shown on accompanying map due to later surface mining by Ayrshire Coal Company, Inc.(mine index 673).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

4

SW SE NE

Geology

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

Danville

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Black Diamond Coal Company (add)	Black Diamond (add)	1934-1937	1,883
Total Production: 1,883

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 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

Secondary source

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.