Mine Index 3984 Farley Brothers Coal Company, Black Dot Mine

Mine Index Number: 3984

Company Name:	Farley Brothers Coal Company
Mine Name:	Black Dot Mine
Start Date:	1955	End Date:	August 1957
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	3	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple / pit

Williamson

9S 1E

1

NE SW

Geology

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

Springfield

10-32

3.33-3.5

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Black Dot Coal Company (add)	Black Dot (add)	1955-1956	7,277

Farley Brothers Coal Company (add)	Black Dot (add)	1956-1957	8,359

Total Production: 15,636

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Nelson, Williamson County Mines

2003

(text only)

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, depth.

W. J. Nelson, Williamson County Mines - Mine locations.