Mine Index 0228 Standard Mining and Converters Corporation, Standard No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0228

Company Name:	Standard Mining and Converters Corporation
Mine Name:	Standard No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1919	End Date:	April 1947
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	408
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

Macoupin

10N 6W

4

SW SE SW

Air shaft

Macoupin

10N 6W

4

SE SW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

311-326

3.0

8.3

6.0-6.42

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

The shale roof fell badly, whether the roof consisted of black fissile shale or massive light gray shale referred to as “clod”. Small slips and limestone rolls were present in the roof throughout the mine. “The limestone here, contrary to its usual character, does not make a good roof but breaks easily and, in fact, most of the roof has fallen to the second limestone above. Where the lower limestone falls, the shale remains in place for awhile and then falls, making it an extremely precarious roof. Slips go clear to the second limestone, and timbering does no good.” Irregularities within the seam that were noted include shale bands up to 1 inch thick and thinner charcoal bands, as well as pyrite bands and lenses, and abundant calcite or gypsum fracture fillings that were present throughout the coal vertically and laterally.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Standard Oil Company (add)	Standard B (add)	1919-1919	62,279

Standard Oil Company of Indiana (add)	Standard No. 2 (add)	1919-1925	2,108,761

Standard Mining and Converters Corporation (add)	Standard No. 2 (add)	1945-1947	130,649

Zeigler Coal and Coke Company (add)	Standard B (add)	1951-1951	(none)

Southwest Steel Corporation (add)	Standard B (add)	1951-1951	(none)

Total Production: 2,301,689

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_1101

4-1-1943

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

State archive, IL_1101 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Microfilm map, document 352559, reel 03139, frames 315, 316 - Ownership.