Mine Index 4098 B. and F. Coal Company, B. and F. Mine

Mine Index Number: 4098

Company Name:	B. and F. Coal Company
Mine Name:	B. and F. Mine
Start Date:	1933	End Date:	1948
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	31
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Most of the old works in the northern part of the mine were later surface-mined by the Delta Mine (mine index 0702).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope Old works were shown to the north. The air shaft may be in that portion of the mine. Most of this area was later surface-mined by the Delta Mine (mine index 702).

Williamson

9S 4E

21

SW NE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

30-40

5.5-5.67

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Rock Creek Coal Company Changed ownership in 1938, but reported under the same name. (add)	Rock Creek (add)	1933-1939	54,859

New Era Coal Company (add)	New Era (add)	1940-1943 Idle 1941 and 1943	1,894

Morning Star Coal Company (add)	Morning Star (add)	1944-1945	13,800

B. and F. Coal Company (add)	B. and F. (add)	1945-1948	89,524

Total Production: 160,077

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, msha_581_01

1-1-1949

1:1200

1:1200

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, 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, thickness.

State archive map, msha_581_01 - Slope location, mine outline, mining method, seam.