Mine Index 4095 Black Crystal Coal Company, Black Crystal Mine

Mine Index Number: 4095

Company Name:	Black Crystal Coal Company
Mine Name:	Black Crystal Mine
Start Date:	1948	End Date:	September 1966
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	99
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 4E

20

SE NW NW

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

20

NE SW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

120-125

4.17-4.33

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

New Black Crystal Coal Company (add)	New Black Crystal (add)	1948-1949	15,405

Black Crystal Coal Company (add)	Black Crystal (add)	1950-1952	80,685

New Black Crystal Coal Company (add)	New Black Crystal (add)	1953-1954	71,540

Black Crystal Coal Company (add)	Black Crystal (add)	1955-1958	85,613

New Black Crystal Coal Company (add)	New Black Crystal (add)	1959-1959	15,027

Black Crystal Coal Company (add)	Black Crystal No. 2The No. 2 designation is from the source map. The production was not listed as No. 2 Mine in the Coal Reports. (add)	1960-1966	66,109

Total Production: 334,379

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, msha_612_01

12-1-1966

1:1200

1:1200

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness, mining method.

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.

State archive map, msha_612_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.