Mine Index 0030 Maplewood Coal Company,, Maplewood No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0030

Company Name:	Maplewood Coal Company,
Mine Name:	Maplewood No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1904	End Date:	May 1923
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	610
Production Indicated Acres:	160	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Fulton

8N 4E

15

NW NW SE

Air shaft

Fulton

8N 4E

15

NW NW SE

Geology

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

Springfield

146

3.5

4.2

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The immediate roof was 4 to 6 inches of carbonaceous shale that contained concretions, with 18 to 30 inches of black shale above. The cap rock was 12 to 18 inches of limestone. Pyrite was present as thin bands and some concretions. Clay veins in the coal were common. The underclay was 18 to 24 inches thick and heaved badly when wet.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Maplewood Coal Company (add)	Maplewood No. 2 (add)	1904-1915	2,303,179

Maplewood Coal Company (add)	Maplewood No. 2 (add)	1915-1923	605,048 Production after map date, Production was not reported in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons.

Total Production: 2,908,227

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351703

4-1915

1:2400

1:4303

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 351703, reel 03137, frames 77 & 78 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.