Mine Index 0965 Harry and Russell Oxford Construction Company, Oxford No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0965

Company Name:	Harry and Russell Oxford Construction Company
Mine Name:	Oxford No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1975	End Date:	November 1976
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	7
Production Indicated Acres:	2	General Area of mining acres shown:
The area shown on the accompanying map likely includes areas of disturbed but not mined land as well as areas that may have been mined by other operators.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit

Williamson

10S 4E

29

SW SW NE

Pit

Williamson

10S 4E

29

SE SE NW and NE NE SW

Geology

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

Mt. Rorah

15-20

1.0-3.0

Surface

Geological Problems Reported

Remnants of a clay dike were seen in the outcrop. The coal was split by silty shale in some locations that produce two benches. The coal was mined along a stream cut.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Oxford Construction Company (add)	Oxford No. 1 (add)	1975-1976	10,171

Harry and Russell Oxford Construction Company (add)	Oxford No. 2 (add)	1977-1977	not reported Idle May 1977; 1977 production (if any) not reported

Total Production: 10,171

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes (J. Nelson)

4-20-1977

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

NAIP digital ortho-photo quadrangle

2015

1:6000

1:6000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, mine outline, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

National Agriculture Imagery Program map, digital ortho-photo quadrangle map - Mine outline.