Mine Index 3111 Anchor Coal and Mining Company, Perry No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3111

Company Name:	Anchor Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Perry No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1888	End Date:	1908
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	125
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

Perry

5S 1W

32

NW NW NW

Air shaft

Perry

5S 1W

32

NW NW NW

Air shaft

Perry

5S 1W

32

NW SE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

77

5.4

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Perry County Coal Mining Company (add)	Perry No. 2 (add)	1888-1897	201,730

Morris Brothers (add)	Perry No. 2 (add)	1897-1900	73,500

Perry County Coal Company (add)	Perry No. 2 (add)	1900-1901	31,270

Morris Brothers (add)	Perry No. 2 (add)	1901-1903	61,113

Perry County Coal Company (add)	Perry No. 2 (add)	1903-1904	30,234

Morris Brothers (add)	Perry No. 2 (add)	1904-1905	24,512

Perry County Coal Company (add)	Perry No. 2 (add)	1905-1907	38,425

Anchor Coal and Mining Company (add)	Perry No. 2 (add)	1907-1908	13,831

Total Production: 474,615

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-16

7-2-1936

1:2400

1:2400

Secondary source

WPA, T5S-R1W

1940

1:12000

1:55096

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam.

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

Mine notes (Perry County) - Shaft location, depth, thickness.

ISGS map library, 4103.P42 i5.1-16, map of Gayle Mine (mine index 633) - Shaft locations, mine outline (eastern), mining method.

WPA map, T5S-R1W - Mine outline (western).