Mine Index Number: 0415
| Company Name:
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Madison Coal Corporation
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| Mine Name:
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Madison No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1891
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End Date:
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April 1931
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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1,853
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Madison
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4N 8W
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34
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SW SW SE
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| Escape shaft [1]
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Madison
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4N 8W
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34
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SW SW SE
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| Air shaft
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Madison
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4N 8W
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34
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NW SW SE
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| Air shaft
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Madison
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3N 8W
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4
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SE SE SE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The mine notes have details on the coal seam, see the link below.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 12,012,095
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352351
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5-1931
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1:2400
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1:4634
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Final
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| Microfilm, document 352372
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Undated
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1:15840
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1:25126
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Undated
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Madison County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Madison County) - Shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| State archive, IL_02_01 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| State archive, IL_1162_01 - Escape shaft location.
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| Madison County plat, 1906 - Shaft locations.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
![[[:Madison No. 2|Madison No. 2]]](https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/madison/thumbnails/M0415_il_02_01_th.jpg) These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Archive
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| Map ID:
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IL_02_01
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| Company:
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Madison Coal Corporation
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| Mine Name:
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Madison No. 2
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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May 1931
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| Map Status:
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Final
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| Image Credit:
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Illinois Department of Natural Resources - Office of Mines and Minerals
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M0415 il 02 01
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/madison/M0415 il 02 01.zip
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![[[:Madison No. 2|Madison No. 2]]](https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/madison/thumbnails/m415_IL_1162_01_th.jpg) These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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State Archive
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| Map ID:
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IL_1162_01
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| Company:
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Madison Coal Corporation
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| Mine Name:
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Madison No. 2
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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05-31-1918
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| Map Status:
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Not Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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Not Georegistered. Partial Map. Shows escapement shaft between Main Shaft and Air Shaft.
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| More Info:
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M415 IL 1162 01
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/madison/m415 IL 1162 01.jpg
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Photographs
Additional Notes
Notes
- ↑ This shaft was shown as an air shaft on a 1902 map. On a 1906 map it was labeled as an escape shaft and remained this way on a 1925 map, the last time it was shown on a map.
- ↑ Reported idle 1932-1939, but never re-opened
