Mine Index 2166 Taylor Williams, Williams No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2166

Company Name:	Taylor Williams
Mine Name:	Williams No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1881	End Date:	1885
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	2	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft and drift

Fulton

6N 4E

21

NW NW SE

Geology

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

Springfield

40

5.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

E. E. Williams (add)	Williams No. 2 (add)	1881-1883 The 1881-1882 production was included with E. E. Williams, No. 1 Mine (mine index 2252).	5,815

Taylor Williams (add)	Williams No. 2 (add)	1883-1885 Idle for fiscal year 1883-1884, as numerous improvements were made to the mine.	3,138

Total Production: 8,953

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

State archive, PB_1103

2-2-1933

1:12000

1:12000

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine location.

State archive, PB_1103 (map or drill holes, mines & property), courtesy of Robert Gibson, IDNR - Mine location.