Mine Index 4241 Bankston Creek Collieries Company, Bankston Creek No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 4241

Company Name:	Bankston Creek Collieries Company
Mine Name:	Bankston Creek No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1947	End Date:	June 1949
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	45
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple

Saline

9S 6E

27

NE SW NEThis mine apparently used the tipple of Bankston Creek No. 4 Mine (mine index 3284).

Geology

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

Springfield

4.67

Surface

Geological Problems Reported

The source map shows several northwest-southeast trending faults throughout the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Bankston Creek Collieries Company (add)	Bankston Creek No. 2 (add)	1947-1949	282,066
Total Production: 282,066

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352800

6-14-1949

1:2400

1:3972

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352800, reel 03140, frames 346 and 347 - Mine location, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.