Mine Index 4068 New Black Diamond Coal Company, New Black Diamond No. 8 Mine

Mine Index Number: 4068

Company Name:	New Black Diamond Coal Company
Mine Name:	New Black Diamond No. 8 Mine
Start Date:	1949	End Date:	July 1962
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	134
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

SE SE SW

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 3E

13

SE SE SW

Geology

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

Springfield

80-100

4.0-4.17

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

New Black Diamond Coal Company (add)	New Black Diamond No. 8 (add)	1949-1962	402,204
Total Production: 402,204

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353257

7-19-1962

1:2400

1:4800

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.

Microfilm map, document 353257, reel 03142, frame 198 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.