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

Mine Index Number: 0874

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

Company Name:	Farley Brothers Coal Company
Mine Name:	Black Dot No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1957	End Date:	July 1964
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	163
Production Indicated Acres:	43	General Area of mining acres shown:
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.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft 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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Springfield	24-40			4.25	Surface

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Farley Brothers Coal Company (add)	Black Dot No. 2 (add)	1957-1964	299,213
Total Production: 299,213

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
USGS topographic map	PR 1978	1:24000	1:24000	Secondary source

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
Department of Mines & Minerals	Undated			Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Bibliography
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

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

Bibliography
Department of Mines & Minerals, 7a-01-05, aerial photograph base map with surface mines identified - Pit identification.