Mine Index 0807 Sangamon Coal Company, Sangamon No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0807

Company Name:	Sangamon Coal Company
Mine Name:	Sangamon No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1881	End Date:	April 1936
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,696
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Hoist shaft

Sangamon

16N 5W

26

NW SE NE

Air shaft

Sangamon

16N 4W

30

NE SW NW

Air shaft

Sangamon

16N 5W

26

NW SE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

256

6.6

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was reported to give trouble when wet.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Sangamon Coal and Mining Company (add)	Sangamon No. 1 and No. 2 (add)	1881-1889	704,538

Tracy, Fisher and Company (add)	Tracy-Fisher (add)	1889-1890	101,352

Sangamon Coal Company (add)	Sangamon No. 2 (add)	1890-1916	3,478,232

Wilcoxen Coal and Coke Company (add)	Wilcoxen (add)	1916-1917	330,339

Sangamon Coal Company (add)	Sangamon No. 2 (add)	1917-1936	4,278,032

Total Production: 8,892,493

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351232

6-1936

1:2400

1:4634

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 351232, reel 03134, frames 464-465 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.