Mine Index 4077 Black Ribbon Coal Company, Black Ribbon Mine

Mine Index Number: 4077

Company Name:	Black Ribbon Coal Company
Mine Name:	Black Ribbon Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	1940
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	15
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	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

25

NE NE SE

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 3E

25

NE NE SE

Geology

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

Springfield

87

4.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Scott Coal Company Source map shows that the mine was also known as Lewis Kennedy Mine in June 1937. Production was not listed under this name in the Coal Reports. (add)	Scott (add)	1936-1937	29,512

Rogers and Stover Coal Company (add)	Rogers and Stover (add)	1938-1939	6,637

Rogers Coal Company (add)	Rogers (add)	1940-1940	1,047

Black Ribbon Coal Company (add)	Black Ribbon (add)	1940-1940	234 Production after map date

Total Production: 37,430

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_1451_01

8-31-1940

1:1200

1:1200

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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_1451_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.