Mine Index 3867 Cessna Brothers Coal Company, Cessna No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3867

Company Name:	Cessna Brothers Coal Company
Mine Name:	Cessna No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1933	End Date:	1950
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	21
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Slope

Vermilion

19N 12W

22

NE SW NE

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

22

NE SW NE

Geology

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

Geological Problems Reported

The source map indicated bad top and a caved area in SW NE 22-T19N-R12W.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Cessna Coal Company (add)	Cessna (add)	1933-1936	6,400

Cessna Brothers Coal Company (add)	Cessna (add)	1937-1937	6,642

Cessna Coal Company (add)	Cessna (add)	1938-1938	1,742

P. Cessna Coal Company (add)	Cessna No. 2 (add)	1938-1946	61,795

Cessna Brothers Coal Company (add)	Cessna No. 2 (add)	1947-1950	13,763

Total Production: 90,342

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352935

4-9-1950

1:1200

1:1241

Final

Company, 4103.V4 i5.1-40

4-26-1937

1:1200

1:1200

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 352935, reel 03141, frame 76 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline (southern), mining method, geologic problems.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-40 - Mine outline (northern), mining method.