Mine Index 2203 Middleton Coal Company, Middleton No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2203

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

Company Name:	Middleton Coal Company
Mine Name:	Middleton No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1914	End Date:	March 1923
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	45	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. Some of the Middleton No. 2 Mine may have later been surface-mined by the Red Ember Mine (mine index 704).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Main shaft	Fulton	7N 4E	33	NE NE SW

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Springfield	60	4.5	5.0	4.75	RP

Geological Problems Reported

The cap rock was 8 inches of limestone with 18 inches of clod above that. The clod and shale above the limestone contained a great deal of water and where falls occurred, a water problem in the mine resulted. Below the limestone was 12 inches of black shale. In general, the roof was said to be good, with a smooth clean roof left when the coal is removed. However, in the spots where the shale adhered to the coal, the roof was weakened at that spot and all the shale up to the cap rock came down. A few horsebacks were noted, perhaps as many as one every 50 to 75 feet, but they were said to be “not especially troublesome”. The coal had thin clay partings, generally about 8 and 20 inches below the top of the seam. Thick plates of pyrite were seen and pyrite balls were noted in the face of several rooms. At the base of the coal was a 1 to 3 inch thick bed of black jack. The blackjack was present over about 25% of the mine, and was composed of soft carbonaceous shale and coal, with lenses of pyrite up to about 1 inch thick. This layer of black jack came up with the coal and had to separated by the miner.

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
W. S. Middleton (add)	Middleton No. 2 (add)	1914-1916	9,600

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Middle Coal Company (add)	Middleton No. 2 (add)	1916-1923	182,865

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Total Production: 192,465

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
Mine notes (G. H. Cady)	7-29-1918	1:62500	1:62500	Secondary Source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Bibliography
Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.