Mine Index 0680 Wenneborg Coal Company, Wenneborg No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0680

Company Name:	Wenneborg Coal Company
Mine Name:	Wenneborg No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1926	End Date:	May 1954
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	154
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

Sangamon

17N 4W

19

NW SE SW

Air shaft

Sangamon

17N 4W

19

NE SE SW

Geology

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

Springfield

244

5.5

5.8

5.6

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

Horsebacks were occasionally encountered.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Howard Brothers (Frank and Charles) (add)	Howard (add)	1926-1927	6,512

Howard Coal Company (add)	Howard (add)	1928-1928	6,017

Frank Howard (add)	Howard (add)	1929-1931	22,440

Howard Coal Company (add)	Howard (add)	1932-1942	166,099

Wenneborg Coal Company (add)	Wenneborg No. 2 (add)	1942-1954	353,079

Total Production: 554,147

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351234

2-18-1955

1:2400

1:5069

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.

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

Microfilm map, document 351234, reel 03134, frame 471 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.