Mine Index 3171 Jewel Coal Company, Jewel No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3171

Company Name:	Jewel Coal Company
Mine Name:	Jewel No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1920	End Date:	1924
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	42
Acres after map date:	10	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Perry

6S 2W

13

SW NW NE

Air shaft

Perry

6S 2W

13

SW NW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

58

7.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Jewel Coal Company (add)	Jewel No. 2 (add)	1920-1923	255,475

Jewel Coal Company (add)	Jewel No. 2 (add)	1923-1924	64,004Production after map date

Total Production: 319,479

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

WPA, T6S-R2W

1923The WPA map is undated, but the mine outline has a survey date of 1923. The outline is not final, although from a secondary source.

1:12000

1:55096

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

WPA map, T6S-R2W - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.