Mine Index 2933 Standard Oil Company, Standard Oil No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2933

Company Name:	Standard Oil Company
Mine Name:	Standard Oil No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1918	End Date:	1920
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Macoupin

11N 6W

29

SE SW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

320

7.0

Geological Problems Reported

When drilling the shaft, 60 to 75 feet of sand and gravel with water was struck 90 feet below the surface. The shaft caved in and was abandoned.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Standard Oil Company (add)	Standard Oil No. 2 (add)	1918-1920	none The mine was abandoned before reaching the coal.

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Federal Land Bank Report

4-1934

1:126720

1:126720

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

Mine notes (Macoupin County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Federal Land Bank Report (Macoupin County) - Shaft location.