Mine Index 0415 Madison Coal Corporation, Madison No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0415

Company Name:	Madison Coal Corporation
Mine Name:	Madison No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1891	End Date:	April 1931
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,926
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

Madison

4N 8W

34

NW SW SE

Air shaft

Madison

4N 8W

34

SW SW SE

Air shaft

Madison

3N 8W

4

SE SE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

85-93

6.5-7.0

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

The mine notes have details on the coal seam, see the link below.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Madison Coal Company (add)	Madison No. 2 (add)	1891-1906	3,129,030

Madison Coal Corporation (add)	Madison No. 2 (add)	1906-1931 Reported idle 1932-1939, but never re-opened	8,883,065

Total Production: 12,012,095

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352351

5-1931

1:2400

1:4634

Final

Microfilm, document 352372

Undated

1:15840

1:25126

Undated

WPA, T4N-R8W

5-1-1931

1:12000

1:41143

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type.

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

Mine notes (Madison County) - Shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352351, reel 03138, frames 459-464 - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.

Microfilm map, document 352372, reel 03138, frame 495 - Air shaft location, mining method.

WPA map, T4N-R8W - Air shaft location.