Mine Index 4681 Babe Coal Company, Babe Mine

Mine Index Number: 4681

Company Name:	Babe Coal Company
Mine Name:	Babe Mine
Start Date:	1930	End Date:	1931
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	3
Acres after map date:	3	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Crawford

6N 11W

27

SW SW SE

Geology

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

Bristol Hill

100-150

3.0-4.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Crawford County Coal Company (add)	Crawford (add)	1930-1930	3,500

Babe Coal Company (add)	Babe (add)	1931-1931	3,500 Production after map date

Total Production: 7,000

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351407

12-7-1930

1:1200

1:2151

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

ISGS field notes (Crawford County) - Mine type, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351407, reel 03136, frame 25 - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.