Mine Index 4071 B. and J. Coal Company, B. and J. Mine

Mine Index Number: 4071

Company Name:	B. and J. Coal Company
Mine Name:	B. and J. Mine
Start Date:	1939	End Date:	June 1948
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	20
Acres after map date:	10 These acres may be in the general area of mining south of the mapped mine outline.	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

NW NE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

110-150

4.0-4.33

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

New Black Diamond Coal Company (add)	New Black Diamond No. 5,A Mine (add)	1939-1943	88,191

New Black Diamond Coal Company (add)	New Black Diamond No. 5 (add)	1943-1947 Idle 1945.	27,018 Production after map date.

B. and J. Coal Company (add)	B. and J. (add)	1947-1948	12,559 Production after map date

Total Production: 127,768

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_1448_01

4-9-1944

1:1200

1:1200

Not 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_1448_01 - Slope location, mine outline, mining method.