Mine Index Number: 4095
| Company Name:
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Black Crystal Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Black Crystal Mine
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| Start Date:
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1948
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End Date:
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September 1966
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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99
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Main slope
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Williamson
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9S 4E
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20
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SE NW NW
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| Air shaft
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Williamson
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9S 4E
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20
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NE SW NW
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Geology
| Springfield
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120-125
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|
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4.17-4.33
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RPP
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 334,379
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| State archive, msha_612_01
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12-1-1966
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth.
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| State archive map, msha_612_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The No. 2 designation is from the source map. The production was not listed as No. 2 Mine in the Coal Reports.
![[[:Black Crystal No. 2|Black Crystal No. 2]]](https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/williamson/thumbnails/m4095_msha_612_01_th.jpg)