Mine Index 0104 Carbondale Coal Company, Carbondale No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0104

Company Name:	Carbondale Coal Company
Mine Name:	Carbondale No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1919	End Date:	1937
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	7 Production indicates approximately 16 acres were mined. Some of the general area of mining shown on the accompanying map north of the Carbondale No. 2 Mine outline may be part of this mine.
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 slope

Jackson

9S 1W

27

SE SW NW

Air shaft

Jackson

9S 1W

27

SE SW NW

Geology

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

Murphysboro

20

3.67

4.2

4.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was 3 to 12 inches of draw slate under fissile shale. The massive gray shale roof held well and timbering was used for safety. A few small slips occurred in the coal, but did not appear to extend into the roof or to make the roof unstable. The coal contained lenses of carbonaceous shale in the middle of the seam. Pyrite lenses were also found, which were about 3 inches thick and 12 to 14 inches long. The underclay was fairly hard but heaved when wet.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Montgomery Coal Company (add)	Black Diamond (add)	1919-1920	1,500

Forsyth Coal Company (add)	Black Diamond (add)	1920-1924 Production not reported in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons.	25,194

McCarnes Coal Company (add)	McCarnes (add)	1924-1927	19,627

Carbondale Coal and Mining Company (add)	Carbondale (add)	1928-1928	9,729

Miller Coal Company (add)	Miller (add)	1929-1929	9,000

J. V. Fisher (add)	Fisher (add)	1930-1930	3,600

Herman Chamness (add)	Chamness (add)	1931-1932	15,500

Carbondale Coal Company (add)	Carbondale No. 2 (add)	1933-1937	23,266

Total Production: 107,416

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352484

6-14-1937

1:1200

1:2152

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Jackson County) - Mine location, mine name, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 352484, reel 03139, frame 175 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.