Mine Index 7518 Black Jewel Coal Company, Black Jewel No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 7518

Company Name:	Black Jewel Coal Company
Mine Name:	Black Jewel No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1943
Type of Mine:	Surface, Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	5	General Area of mining acres shown:
This mine was later surface mined by Midland Coal Company, Edwards Mine (mine index 0881).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Peoria

9N 6E

23

SE NW SW

Air shaft

Peoria

9N 6E

23

SE NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

Surface, MRPThe Coal Reports indicated this mine operated as a surface mine 1934-1936. It then operated as an underground mine from 1937 to close. The source map shows underground mining coming off of a highwall, which may also indicate that this mine operated as both a surface and then later an underground mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Arthur Stenstrom (add)	Stenstrom (add)	1934-1935	4,300

E. H. Stenstrom (add)	Stenstrom (add)	1936-1940 Idle 1940	6,705

Carl F. Goetz (add)	Black Jewel No. 2 (add)	1941-1942	7,680

Black Jewel Coal Company (add)	Black Jewel No. 2 (add)	1943-1943	200

Total Production: 18,885

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_2490_01

1-10-1938

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Federal Land Bank Report

4-1934

1:142560

1:142560

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.

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

State archive, IL_2490_01 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Federal Land Bank Report (Peoria County) - General area of mining.