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 NE

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.