Mine Index 3197 Illinois Fuel Company, Illinois Fuel No. 2 Mine

Disclaimer INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
	Unlocated Mines In:	Randolph unlocated
	County:	Randolph
	Quadrangle:	Steeleville
	County Coal Data:	Randolph
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 3197

The outline shown on the accompanying map is smaller than expected for the reported production. Production indicates approximately 50 acres were mined.
Company Name:	Illinois Fuel Company
Mine Name:	Illinois Fuel No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	Before 1875	End Date:	1901
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	21
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

Randolph

5S 5W

22

NW NW SW

Shaft

Randolph

5S 5W

22

NW NW SW ^[1]

Geology

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

Herrin

22-40

5.0-6.0

RP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Randolph Coal and Mining Company (add)	Randolph (add)	1883-1884 ^[2]	646

Roseborough and Moffat (add)	Roseborough and Moffat (add)	1884-1889	50,212

Roseborough Coal and Manufacturing Company (add)	Roseborough (add)	1889-1894	71,645

R. H. Roseborough Coal and Coke Company (add)	Roseborough (add)	1894-1895	22,931

Randolph Coal and Coke Company (add)	Randolph No. 2 (add)	1895-1897	35,200

Illinois Fuel and Power Company (add)	Illinois Fuel No. 2 (add)	1897-1900	43,290

Illinois Fuel Company (add)	Illinois Fuel No. 2 (add)	1900-1901	8,642


Total Production: 232,566

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Federal Land Bank Report

7-1934

1:126720

Secondary source

Standard Atlas of Randolph County

1901

1:31680

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

Federal Land Bank Report (Randolph County) - Mine outline.

Standard Atlas of Randolph County, 1901 - Shaft location.

Atlas of Randolph County, 1875 - Shaft location.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

↑ The shaft was shown on the land of A. Gillis in the 1875 Atlas of Randolph County. The mining operations may not be directly connected underground to the Randolph Coal & Mining Company operations in 1883.
↑ Mining may have taken place as early as 1875. Production, ownership, and years of operation before July 1881 are not known.

[1] The shaft was shown on the land of A. Gillis in the 1875 Atlas of Randolph County. The mining operations may not be directly connected underground to the Randolph Coal & Mining Company operations in 1883.

[2] Mining may have taken place as early as 1875. Production, ownership, and years of operation before July 1881 are not known.

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