Mine Index 0147 Western Coal and Mining Company, Western No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0147

Company Name:	Western Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Western No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1916	End Date:	March 1928
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,045
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Approximately 2 acres on the western and southwestern side of the mine were later surface mined by Burning Star No. 5 Mine (mine index 0967).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (10 x 15 ft)

Franklin

7S 1E

31

SE NW SE

Air shaft (10 x 15 ft)

Franklin

7S 1E

31

SW NW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

152

6.5

12.0

7.0-10.5

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

Water-bearing gravels in the glacial materials above the mine discharged water that had to be pumped out of the mine. A northwest-southeast trending fault with 6 to 8 feet upthrown on the northeastern side ran through this mine, crossing the main north just off the bottom, 200 feet from the shaft. The northeastern side was thrust over the opposite side, thickening the coal up to about 15 feet. Many northwest-southeast-trending faults that disrupted the mining pattern are shown on the source maps. Bad top was noted on a source map in the extreme northeastern part and the south part of the mine. These areas of bad top appear to have halted mining in those rooms. The roof varied from black fissile shale to gray shale; generally the gray shale was 18 feet thick. The most conspicuous impurity was the pyrite, especially common as facings running vertically through layers of the seam. Lenses of solid pyrite were not uncommon, especially in the upper part of the seam.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Western Coal and Mining Company (add)	Western No. 2 (add)	1916-1928	7,146,997

Total Production: 7,146,997

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, MSHA_1593_04

4-1-1928

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, shaft sizes, depth, thickness.

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

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

State archive, MSHA_1593_04 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.