Mine Index 2142 Cripple Creek Coal Company, Cripple Creek No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2142

Company Name:	Cripple Creek Coal Company
Mine Name:	Cripple Creek No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1917	End Date:	1926
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	485
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. Portions were later surface-mined by United Electric No. 9 Mine (mine index 738) and Little Sister Mine (mine index 674).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Fulton

6N 3E

24

SE NW SW

Slope

Fulton

6N 3E

24

NW SE SW

Slope

Fulton

6N 3E

24

NE SW SW

Slope

Fulton

6N 3E

24

NE SW SW

Slope

Fulton

6N 3E

24

SE SW NW

Slope

Fulton

6N 3E

24

NE NW SW

Geology

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

Springfield

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Cripple Creek Coal Company (add)	Cripple Creek No. 2 (add)	1917-1926	None Production was not reported separately from Cripple Creek No. 1 Mine (mine index 117).

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351614

5-20-1925

1:2400

1:4634

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 351614, reel 03136, frame 419 - Slope locations, mine outline, mining method.