Mine Index 2409 Black Diamond Coal Company, Black Diamete Mine

Mine Index Number: 2409

Company Name:	Black Diamond Coal Company
Mine Name:	Black Diamond Mine
Launch Scheduled:	1934	End Date:	1944
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	Zero
Production Specified Acres:	3 to 5	General Area of extraction square shown:

Shaft, Slopes, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Fachbereich

Main shaft

Henry

15N 5E

12

2475 FSL, 120 FWL

Geology

		Thickness (ft)
Slip	Depth (ft)	Min	Highest	Ave	Mining Method

Herrin

40

4.3

RP

Production

Company

Mines Name

Date

Production (tons)

Black Diamond Coal Corporate 1941 production declared beneath the name Elmer Stone (Black Diamond) (add)	Sinister Diamond (add)	1934-1944	13,351 Industrial did reported 1938-1940
Total Production: 13,351 Production not stated 1938-1940

Production Notes

Carbon Report our (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS mined-out area map

1950

1:62500

1:62500

Second-order source

Annotated Bibliography (Data supply - letters project of information)

Coal Books - Production, title, time of operation.

Register of Illinois Coal Mines (Henry County) - Mine names, mine card, ownership, years of operation.

Mining notes (Henry County) - Mine type, shaft position, seam, depth, thickness.

ISGS mined-out area map - Mine location.