Mine Index 0123 Macon County Coal Company, Macon County No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0123

Company Name:	Macon County Coal Company
Mine Name:	Macon County No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1886	End Date:	1926
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	429
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

Macon

16N 2E

14

SW SE NW

Air shaft

Macon

16N 2E

14

SW SE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

600-614

4.0-5.0

LW,MRPRoom-and-pillar mining was practiced in 1910, 1911, and 1925-1926. The last longwall face is dated June 1924 on the source map.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Decatur Coal Company (add)	Decatur No. 2 (add)	1886-1925	2,639,377

Macon County Coal Company (add)	Macon County No. 2 (add)	1925-1926	24,894

Total Production: 2,664,271

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 1-32-69

2-18-1926

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

Company map, Coal Section files 1-32-69 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.