Mine Index 0222 Pana Coal Company, Pana No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0222

Company Name:	Pana Coal Company
Mine Name:	Pana No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1887	End Date:	1928
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	623
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 This mine was connected underground to the Pana No. 1 Mine (mine index 729). The source map also shows the location of booster fans in strategic locations in the mine, which allowed them to operate without the construction of air shafts separate from the main shaft.

Christian

11N 1E

15

SW NW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

714-732

6.5

8.0

7.5

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

According to Netzeband (August 1921) in the Coal Section mine notes, “Lateral pressure is very great in this mine and posts set with a pitch of several degrees are soon pushed straight and eventually pitch in the opposite direction. The vertical pressure causes the coal to rash (chip off the ribs) and requires lagging and filling behind the lagging.” The shale roof required heavy timbering, so when the shale was thin, it was shot down with the coal to leave a limestone roof. This shale varied from a well bedded (western part of mine) or massive (eastern part of mine) black shale to a dark gray massive shale. The shale varied in thickness from a feather edge to 8 feet. A brown limestone 1 to 2 feet thick was present in the eastern side of the mine. Slips were present in the shale roof and the upper part of the coal. The seam contained the usual blue band that ranged from 1/4 inch to 3/4 inches. A few slips were observed in the eastern part of the mine, with no discernible displacement. Pyrite lenses and calcite or gypsum fracture facings were present in the seam, throughout the coal both laterally and vertically. The underclay in the western part of the mine was soft and heaved when moistened. The main haulage route in that part of the mine had to be retimbered twice because of the heaving, and had already heaved another 2 feet at the time of the visit. The eastern part of the mine had a firmer clay and no trouble with heaving.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Pana Coal Company (add)	Pana No. 2, North (add)	1887-1902	250,000 Production was reported under Pana No. 1 Mine (mine index 729) all years except 1894.

Newbent Coal Company (add)	Pana No. 2, North (add)	1902-1905	257,965

Pana Coal Company (add)	Pana No. 2 (add)	1905-1928	2,598,241 Idle 1915-1917

Total Production: 3,106,206

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351385

2-1948

1:2400

1:5131

Final

Company, IL_503

7-1909

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Company, IL_504

4-1929

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Christian County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 351385, reel 03135, frames 439-442 - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.

Company map, state archive, IL_503 - Mine outline (western, eastern central).

Company map, state archive, IL_504 - Mine outline (interior mine workings).