Mine Index 0321 Cosgrove-Meehan Coal Company, Cosgrove-Meehan No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0321

Company Name:	Cosgrove-Meehan Coal Company
Mine Name:	Cosgrove-Meehan No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1908	End Date:	March 1929
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	254
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 (9.5 x 15 ft)

Williamson

8S 3E

34

NW NW SE

Air shaft (9 x 14 ft)

Williamson

8S 3E

34

SW SW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

216

6.5-8.0

RPP, HERsome HER

Geological Problems Reported

The roof varied between black and gray shale. The gray shale made a poor roof.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Colp Coal Company (add)	Colp (add)	1908-1909	24,854

Pittsburg and Big Muddy Coal Company (add)	Pittsburg and Big Muddy No. 1 (add)	1909-1911	16,600

Pittsburg and Big Muddy Coal Company (add)	Pittsburg and Big Muddy No. 2 (add)	1911-1917 Idle 1914-1917	73,759

Marion and Pittsburg Coal Company (add)	Marion and Pittsburg No. 2 (add)	1917-1921	502,799

Ernest Coal Company (add)	Ernest No. 2 (add)	1921-1922	88,213

Cosgrove-Meehan Coal Company (add)	Cosgrove-Meehan No. 2 (add)	1922-1929 Idle 1925	788,187

Total Production: 1,494,412

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353186

1-1930

1:2400

1:4634

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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 353186, reel 03142, frames 90-91 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.