Mine Index 4069 O. B. C. Coal Company, O. B. C. Mine

Mine Index Number: 4069

Company Name:	O. B. C. Coal Company
Mine Name:	O. B. C. Mine
Start Date:	1939	End Date:	August 1946
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	39
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

24

SE NW NW

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 3E

24

NE SW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

64-78

4.0-4.33

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Springhart Coal Company (add)	Springhart No. 4 (add)	1939-1939	500

O. B. C. Coal Company (add)	O. B. C. (add)	1940-1946	185,570

Total Production: 186,070

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_1498_01

8-11-1946

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_1498_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.