Mine Index 3201 Sparta Coal Company, Sparta No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3201

Company Name:	Sparta Coal Company
Mine Name:	Sparta No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1958	End Date:	May 1959
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit

Randolph

5S 5W

23

SW SE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Sparta Coal Company Owned by H. B. Whittington (add)	Sparta No. 2 (add)	1958-1959	550
Total Production: 550

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

(text only)

1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Randolph County) - Mine type, mine location, seam.