Mine Index 3114   Victory Coal and Mining Company,   Victory No. 2 Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Perry unlocated
County: Perry
Quadrangle: Pyatts
County Coal Data: Perry
Shown On Map: No
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 3114

Company Name: Victory Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name: Victory No. 2 Mine
Start Date: 1903 End Date: February 1925
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: 63
Acres after map date: 24 General Area of mining acres shown:

Not Shown On Map. The mine outline is not shown on the accompanying map because of later surface mining by Burning Star No. 2 Mine (mine index 864).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main shaft Perry 5S 2W 36 SW SE NE
Air shaft Perry 5S 2W 36 SE SW NE

Geology

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

Geological Problems Reported

The rood was black shale varying from a few inches to several feet thick. In some places, black shale was replaced by gray shale. Above the shale was a limestone that ranged from 10 inches to 16 feet thick.

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Manufacturers Fuel Company Jupiter No. 5 1903-1905 7,783
Jupiter Coal and Mining Company Jupiter No. 5 1905-1908 47,944
Orion Coal Company Jupiter No. 5 1908-1912 [1] 9,070
Idle 1913-1919
Victory Coal and Mining Company Victory No. 2 1920-1925 160,215
Victory Coal and Mining Company Victory No. 2 1923-1925 123,302 [2]
Total Production: 348,314

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
WPA, T5S-R2W and T5S-R1W 7-1923 [3] 1:12000 1:42240 Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Perry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
WPA maps, T5S-R2W and T5S-R1W - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. Idle 1909 and 1910
  2. Production after map date
  3. The WPA map was not dated (circa 1934), but the mine outline had a survey date of 7-1923. The source maps labeled the mine as Victory No. 5 Mine, although production was reported as the No. 2 Mine.