Mine Index 0106 Crescent Coal Company, Crescent No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0106

Company Name:	Crescent Coal Company
Mine Name:	Crescent No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1878	End Date:	April 1924
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	26
Acres after map date:	150	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Peoria

7N 7E

1

NE SW NW

Air shaft

Peoria

7N 7E

1

NE SW NW

Air shaft

Peoria

7N 7E

2

NW NW NE

Geology

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

Springfield

144-152

4.0

14.0

4.5

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

A sandstone cut the coal out in some places, and was 2 to 3 feet above the coal in other areas, and in some other areas, the sandstone was directly on the coal. A limestone was sometimes present, but only 2 to 3 inches thick. Generally the immediate roof was a black shale that was up to 16 inches thick. Horsebacks were found in the mine. A layer of pyrite was often present about 2 feet from the top of the seam, but generally pyrite occurred as lenses and streaks. More pyrite was present near the horsebacks. The floor clay heaved in wet places. Rolls in the floor also made the coal thinner and interfered with shooting the coal.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Adam Sholl (add)	Sholl (add)	pre1878-1881 Production and years of operation before 1878 are not known. The 1879 Coal Report indicates 40 acres were mined.	10,000

Henry Sholl (add)	Sholl (add)	1881-1882	25,000

Sholl Brothers and Company (add)	Sholl (add)	1882-1884	64,000

Adam Sholl (add)	Sholl (add)	1884-1892 A new shaft was opened one-quarter mile north of the previous slope. Machinery was brought from the Adam Sholl Mine in Tazewell County (mine index 3632).	335,424

Sholl Brothers (add)	Sholl No. 1 (add)	1892-1899	230,150

Brewster and Evans Coal Company (add)	Walben (add)	1911-1916 The Sholl Mine was re-opened by Brewster and Evans and the equipment was updated.	768,585

M. E. Case Coal Company (add)	Brewster and Evans (add)	1916-1917	110,627

M. E. Case Coal Company (add)	Brewster and Evans (add)	1917-1922	746,327 Production after map date

Crescent Coal Company (add)	Crescent No. 2 (add)	1922-1924	63,279 Production after map date

Total Production: 2,353,392

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, P4103.P41 i5.1-37

1-11-1917

1:7200

1:7200

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Peoria County) - Drift & shaft locations, seam, thickness, geologic problems.

Company map, ISGS map library, P4103.P41 i5.1-37 - Drift & shaft locations, mine outline.

Microfilm map, document 352165, reel 03138, frame 196 - Mining method.