Mine Index 0874 Farley Brothers Coal Company, Black Dot No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0874

Company Name:	Farley Brothers Coal Company
Mine Name:	Black Dot No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1957	End Date:	1964
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	163 Production indicates approximately 43 acres were mined. The area shown is too large for the reported production and may include areas mined by others and expanded by the Black Dot No. 2.
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit / tipple

Jackson

8S 1W

16

NW

Geology

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

Springfield

24-40

4.25

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Farley Brothers Coal Company (add)	Black Dot No. 2 (add)	1957-1964	299,213

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

USGS topographic map

PR 1978

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Jackson County) - Mine type, location, seam, depth, thickness.

De Soto Quadrangle, USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, 1968, photorevised 1978 - Mine outline.