Mine Index 0977 Illinois Coal, Oil and Gas Company, Illinois Coal, Oil and Gas No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0977

Company Name:	Illinois Coal, Oil and Gas Company
Mine Name:	Illinois Coal, Oil and Gas No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	August 1977	End Date:	November 1979
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple / pit

Williamson

9S 2E

1

S ½ NE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

25-26

8.0

Surface

Geological Problems Reported

Pillars and entries of abandoned underground workings were encountered.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Illinois Coal, Oil and Gas Company (add)	Illinois Coal, Oil and Gas No. 2 (add)	1977-1979	12,287
Total Production: 12,287

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Nelson, Catalog of Coal Mines

2003

1:48000

1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.

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 location, mine type, seam.

W.J. Nelson (ISGS), Catalog of Coal Mines in Williamson County - Geologic problems, mine location.