Mine Index 0778 R. C. Jennings and Son, Jennings No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0778

Company Name:	R. C. Jennings and Son
Mine Name:	Jennings No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1956	End Date:	1956
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	Less than 1
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The mine is only partially shown on the accompanying map because of later surface mining by the New Burnside Mine (mine index 0893) that expanded the mined area.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit or tipple

Johnson

11S 4E

8

NE NW NE

Geology

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

New Burnside

15

3.5

Surface

Geological Problems Reported

The overburden was a massive sandstone. In some places, 6 inches to 6 feet of shale-pebble conglomerate was directly over the coal. The seam contained occasional discontinuous pyrite bands, but was remarkably clean.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

R. C. Jennings and Son (add)	Jennings No. 2 (add)	1956-1956	1,895
Total Production: 1,895

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352470

5-29-1956

1:1200

1:1324

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Johnson County) - Mine type, mine location, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 352470, reel 03139, frame 157 - Mine location, mine outline, mining method.