Mine Index 0158 Franklin County Coal Company, Energy No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0158

Company Name:	Franklin County Coal Company
Mine Name:	Energy No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1902	End Date:	November 1923
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	630 This area includes the Taylor No. 1 Mine (mine index 0159). The boundaries between the mines could not be discerned.
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

Williamson

8S 2E

31

NE SE SW

Air shaft

Williamson

8S 2E

31

NW SW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

126

7.5

9.0

8.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

A fault was present, but apparently had no appreciable affect on mining. The roof consisted of 115 feet of massive gray sandy shale. Top coal was left to support the roof.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Carterville Coal Company (add)	Carterville No. 2 (add)	1902-1904	139,948

Carterville Coal Company (add)	Carterville B (add)	1904-1905	86,362

Carterville Colliery Company (add)	Carterville No. 2 (add)	1905-1906	59,167

Carterville Mining Company (add)	Carterville No. 2 (add)	1906-1909	218,775

Taylor Coal Company (add)	Taylor No. 2 (add)	1909-1914	1,017,820

Taylor Mining Company (add)	Taylor No. 2 (add)	1914-1919	1,250,127

Taylor Coal Company (add)	Energy No. 2 (add)	1919-1923	733,910

Franklin County Coal Company (add)	Energy No. 2 (add)	1923-1923	82,137

Total Production: 3,588,246

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353047

3-1924

1:2400

1:4965

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

Microfilm map, document 353047, reel 03141, frames 231 and 232 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.