Mine Index 3239 T. S. Silvis, Silvis No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3239

Company Name:	T. S. Silvis
Mine Name:	Silvis No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1900	End Date:	1907
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	38	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Rock Island

17N 1E

8

NE NE SE

Geology

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

Rock Island

90-94

3.5-4.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

T. S. Silvis (add)	Silvis No. 2 (add)	1900-1907	128,120
Total Production: 128,120

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Atlas of Rock Island County

1905

1:31680

1:31680

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Rock Island County) - Mine location.

Atlas of Rock Island County, 1905, Iowa Publishing Company, 184p. - Shaft location.