Mine Index 5841 Ball Coal Company, Ball Mine

Mine Index Number: 5841

Company Name:	Ball Coal Company
Mine Name:	Ball Mine
Start Date:	1920	End Date:	1923
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	2
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Peoria

7N 7E

8

SE SE SW

Geology

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

Springfield

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Ball, Ricketts and Ball (add)	Ball, Ricketts and Ball (add)	1920-1922	1,187 Production was not reported in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons.

Ball Coal Company (add)	Ball (add)	1922-1923	3,265

Total Production: 4,452

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352193

6-27-1951

1:2400

1:5131

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Microfilm map, document 352193, reel 03138, frames 231-251, map of Lamarsh No. 6 Mine (mine index 0601) - Slope location, mine outline, mining method