Mine Index 3863 F. B. and M. Coal Company, F. B. and M. Mine

Mine Index Number: 3863

Company Name:	F. B. and M. Coal Company
Mine Name:	F. B. and M. Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1944
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	27
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Vermilion

19N 12W

22

NW NE SE

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

22

NW NE SE

Geology

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

Danville

80-125

6.0

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

F. B. and M. Coal Company (add)	R. B. and M. (add)	1934-1939	58,693

B. and M. Coal Company (add)	B. and M. (add)	1940-1940	17,182

F. B. and M. Coal Company The mine notes indicate the owners were Joe Bonome and Angelo Fogagnola. (add)	F. B. and M. (add)	1941-1944	54,914

Total Production: 130,789

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352962

1944

1:600

1:1282

Final

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 location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352962, reel 03141, frame 105 - Mine outline, mining method, slope and air shaft locations.