Mine Index 0795 Pep Coal Company, Pep No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0795

Company Name:	Pep Coal Company
Mine Name:	Pep No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1931	End Date:	December 1953
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	103
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

St. Clair

2S 7W

35

NW NW SW

Air shaft

St. Clair

2S 7W

35

NW NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

65

6.5

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The northern part of the mine was labeled “Inaccessible” and the western part of the mine was designated with “ water”.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Pep Coal Company (add)	Pep No. 2 (add)	1931-1953	528,814

Total Production: 528,814

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351168

12-30-1953

1:2400

1:3972

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351168, reel 03134, frame 314 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.