Mine Index 3837 Black Diamond Coal Company, Black Diamond No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3837

Company Name:	Black Diamond Coal Company
Mine Name:	Black Diamond No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1910	End Date:	1913
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:	13

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple

Vermilion

19N 12W

18

NW NE Irregular section; see page 6, ‘Shaft, slope, drift or tipple locations’

Geology

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

Danville

20

6.0-6.17

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Black Diamond Coal Company (add)	Black Diamond Coal Company (add)	1910-1913	123,653
Total Production: 123,653

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.

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, mine location, seam, depth, thickness.