Mine Index 3871 B-10 Coal Company, B-10 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3871

Company Name:	B-10 Coal Company
Mine Name:	B-10 Mine
Start Date:	1935	End Date:	July 1959
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	67
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The area shown is larger than expected for the reported production (production indicates approximately 53 acres were mined). This mine may have operated during the period 1930-1933, when mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year were not reported, and perhaps even prior to that. See the unlocated mines for Vermilion County.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Vermilion

19N 12W

22

NE NW NE

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

22

NE NW NE

Escape shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

15

SW SE SE

Geology

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

Danville

47

5.67

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Mauck and Son Coal Company (add)	Mauck (add)	1935-1936	8,224

John W. Mauck and Sons Coal Company (add)	Mauck (add)	1937-1948	100,114

B-10 Coal Company (add)	B-10 (add)	1949-1959	105,039

Total Production: 213,377

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353001

7-1-1959

1:1200

1:1738

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 353001, reel 03141, frame 146 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.