Mine Index Number: 0123
| Company Name:
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Macon County Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Macon County No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1886
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End Date:
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February 1926
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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420 (372 longwall and 48 MRP)
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Macon
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16N 2E
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14
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NW SE NW
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| Air shaft
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Macon
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16N 2E
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14
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NW SE NW
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| Escape shaft [1]
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Macon
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16N 2E
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11
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SW SE SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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600-614
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4.0-5.0
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LW, MRP[2]
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 2,664,271
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| State archive, IL_2166_01
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2-18-1926
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Macon County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Macon County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| State archive, IL_2166_01 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The shaft of Decatur No. 1 Mine (mine index 0759) was used as an escape shaft for this mine.
- ↑ Room-and-pillar mining was practiced in 1910, 1911, and 1925-1926. The last longwall face is dated June 1924 on the source map.
![[[:Macon County No. 2|Macon County No. 2]]](https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/macon/thumbnails/m0123_IL_2166_01_th.jpg)