Mine Index 4083 Black Crystal Coal Company, Black Crystal Mine

Mine Index Number: 4083

Company Name:	Black Crystal Coal Company
Mine Name:	Black Crystal Mine
Start Date:	1935	End Date:	1948
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	91
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
This mine was connected underground to Tick Ridge No. 2 Mine (mine index 4081) and the Hendrickson Mine (mine index 4079). The boundaries between the mines could not be distinguished and the area shown includes all three mines.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 3E

26

NW NE NE

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 3E

26

SW NE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

50-60

4.0

4.5

4.25

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Lewis West Coal Company (add)	West (add)	1935-1940	4,824

McDonald and Ganes (add)	McDonald and Ganes (add)	1940-1940	1,075

M. C. Graves (add)	Graves (add)	1941-1941	2,955

Lone Star Company (add)	Lone Star (add)	1941-1941	324

West Coal Company (add)	West (add)	1942-1942	1,500

Black Crystal Coal Company (add)	Black Crystal (add)	1943-1944	68,326

Marvin Moore Coal Company (add)	Moore (add)	1945-1946	95,339

Black Crystal Coal Company (add)	Black Crystal (add)	1947-1948	53,139

Total Production: 227,482

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, MSHA_547_01

1-30-1949

1:1200

1:1200

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, MSHA_547_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.