0438

Mine Index Number: 0438

Company Name:	Donk Brothers Coal and Coke Company
Mine Name:	Donk No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1900	End Date:	February 1925
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,753
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 shaft

Madison

3N 8W

11

SE SW NE

Air shaft

Madison

3N 8W

11

SE SW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

238

6.0-7.0

MRP, some RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Donk Brothers Coal and Coke Company (add)	Donk No. 2 (add)	1900-1925	10,491,129

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352378

12-31-1925

1:2400

1:4800

Final

Microfilm, document 352377

5-1921

1:2400

1:5131

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Madison County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352378, reel 03139, frames 4-7 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining methods.

Microfilm map, document 352377, reel 03139, frames 1-3, map of Donk No. 1 Mine (mine index 344) - Mine outline (southwestern corner).