Mine Index 2442 Main Line Coal Corporation, Main Line No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2442

Company Name:	Main Line Coal Corporation
Mine Name:	Main Line No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1966	End Date:	1968
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	77 Some of the area shown on the accompanying map was probably mined by Elk Mine (mine index 942).
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit / tipple

Jackson

7S 1W

8

SE NW SW

Geology

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

Springfield

30

4.5

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Big Muddy Coal Company (add)	Big Muddy No. 2 (add)	1966-1966	30,935

Main Line Coal Corporation (add)	Main Line No. 2 (add)	1966-1968	454,767

Katler Coal Company (add)	Katler No. 2 (add)	1968-1968	none

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Coal Section files, strip mine updates

1976

1:7920

1:7920

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Jackson County) - Mine type.

Coal Section files, strip mine updates - Mine outline, mining method.