Mine Index 3850 Dixon-Block Coal Company, Dixon-Block No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3850

Company Name:	Dixon-Block Coal Company
Mine Name:	Dixon-Block No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1944	End Date:	March 1946
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	16
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple

Vermilion

19N 12W

30

Geology

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

Danville

20

5.83

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Dixon-Block Coal Company (add)	Dixon-Block No. 2 (add)	1944-1946	126,102
Total Production: 126,102

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

USGS topographic map

PR 1978

1;24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Coal Section composite map

Undated

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, slope & tipple locations, seam, depth, thickness.

USGS topographic map, 1966, Photorevised 1978 - Mine outline, mining method.

Coal Section composite map, Danville Coal thickness (1-24-31-i) - Mine outline, mining method.