Mine Index 4132 Black Banner Coal Company, Black Banner No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 4132

Company Name:	Black Banner Coal Company
Mine Name:	Black Banner No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1940	End Date:	August 1953
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	33
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. This mine is not shown on the accompanying map due to later surface mining.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 4E

30

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

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

30

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

Geology

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

Springfield

85-125

4.0-4.33

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

J. Ditto and L. Parks (add)	Ditto and Parks (add)	1940-1942 Idle 1942	1,114

Floyd Chaney (add)	Chaney No. 3 (add)	1943-1944 Idle 1944	9,108

Black Banner Coal Company (add)	Black Banner No. 23 (add)	1945-1945	28,283

Bessie H. Chaney Coal Company (add)	Chaney (add)	1946-1947	40,106

Black Banner Coal Company (add)	Black Banner (add)	1948-1948	6,802

Unity Coal Company, Incorporated (add)	Unity No. 2 (add)	1948-1951	28,584

Vaughn Coal Company (add)	Vaughn (add)	1951-1951	613

Russell Coal Company (add)	Russell No. 1 (add)	1952-1952	1,718

Black Banner Coal Company (add)	Black Banner No. 1 (add)	1953-1953	464

Total Production: 116,792

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_1419_01

8-23-1953

1:1200

1:1200

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, slope location, seam.

State archive map, IL_1419_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.