Mine Index 4066 New Black Diamond Coal Company, New Black Diamond No. 5 Mine

Mine Index Number: 4066

Company Name:	New Black Diamond Coal Company
Mine Name:	New Black Diamond No. 5 Mine
Start Date:	1939	End Date:	1949
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	67
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

Williamson

9S 3E

13

SW SE SE

Slope

Williamson

9S 3E

24

NE NE NE Connected underground with B. & J. Mine (mine index 4071)

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 3E

13

SW SE SE

Geology

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

Springfield

100-110

4.17

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

New Black Diamond Coal Company (add)	New Black Diamond No. 5 (add)	1939-1949	315,634
Total Production: 315,634

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_1536_01

9-5-1949

1:1200

1:1200

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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.

State archive map, IL_1536_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, seam.