Mine Index 4064 Crystal Block Coal Company, Crystal Block No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 4064

Company Name:	Crystal Block Coal Company
Mine Name:	Crystal Block No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	April 1950
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	33
Acres after map date:	22	General Area of mining acres shown:
The southern end of the mine was later partially surfaced mined by the Utility Mine (mine index 4041).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 3E

11

NE SE SE

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 3E

11

SE SE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

52-65

5.67-6.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Blue Ribbon Coal Company (add)	Blue Ribbon No. 1 (add)	1936-1936	5,920

B. and L. Coal Company The 1939 map of this mine was labeled B. L. S. & G. Coal Company. (add)	B. and L. (add)	1937-1940	11,339

I. D. Gosnell (add)	Gosnell (add)	1940-1940	1,437

Merritt Coal Company (add)	Merritt (add)	1941-1941	2,000

Smith & Warner (add)	Smith & Warner (add)	1941-1943 Idle 1942 and 1943.	579

Crystal Block Coal Company (add)	Crystal Block No. 2 (add)	1944-1947	167,406

Crystal Block Coal Company (add)	Crystal Block No. 2 (add)	1947-1950 Idle 1949.	120,560 Production after map date.

Total Production: 309,241

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353274

1-9-1947

1:2400

1:2980

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 353274, reel 03142, frame 218 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.