Mine Index 4078 B. and B. Coal Company, B. and B. Mine

Mine Index Number: 4078

Company Name:	B. and B. Coal Company
Mine Name:	B. and B. Mine
Start Date:	1939	End Date:	1946
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	11
Acres after map date:	12	General Area of mining acres shown:
Part of the mine is not shown due to later surface mining.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 3E

25

SE SW NW Not shown on accompanying map due to later surface mining.

Geology

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

Springfield

39

4.3

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Poole Coal Company (add)	Poole (add)	1939-1941 Idle 1940	676

Fred Oakley Coal Company (add)	Poole (add)	1941-1941	926

Oakley and Wright (add)	Poole (add)	1941-1941	59

Not operated, ownership uncertain.		1942-1943

B. and B. Coal Company (add)	B. and B. (add)	1944-1945	40,750

B. and B. Coal Company (add)	B. and B. (add)	1945-1946	43,250 Production after map date

Total Production: 85,661

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_1403_01

5-15-1945

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, IL_1403_01 - Slope location, mine outline, mining method.