Mine Index 3982 D. and R. Coal Company, El-Ben Mine

Mine Index Number: 3982

Company Name:	D. and R. Coal Company
Mine Name:	El-Ben Mine
Start Date:	1960	End Date:	April 1969
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	63
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 shaft

Williamson

8S 1E

23

SW NE NE

Air shaft

Williamson

8S 1E

23

SE NE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

160

8

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Blue Blaze Coal Company (add)	Blue Blaze No. 2 (add)	1960-1964	64,614

Basin Cream Coal Company, Inc. (add)	El-Ben No. 1 (add)	1964-1968	118,897

D. and R. Coal Company (add)	El-Ben (add)	1969-1969	3,837

Total Production: 187,348

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353293

4-3-1969

1:2400

1:4634

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method, seam, depth, thickness.

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Seam.

Microfilm map, document 353293, reel 03142, frame 250 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.