Mine Index 3259 New Gallatin Coal Company, New Gallatin No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3259

Company Name:	New Gallatin Coal Company
Mine Name:	New Gallatin No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1964	End Date:	December 1965
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	63
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 drift

Saline

9S 5E

8

SW SW NE

Drift

Saline

9S 5E

8

SW SW NE

Air / escape drift

Saline

9S 5E

8

SE SW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

70

5.25

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Faults are shown on the source map throughout the mine. The faults trended southwest-northeast and northwest-southeast. In two areas, 5 feet of displacement was noted. In one area, an entry was driven through a faulted zone only to meet with more faulting beyond. Faulting appeared to halt advancement in most parts of the mine. “Bad top” prevented advances into the southeastern part of the mine, an area later very near the surface Delta Mine (mine index 702). An area was labeled ‘soft shale no lime’ on the source map in the western part of the mine, likely indicating bad roof conditions.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

New Gallatin Coal Company (add)	New Gallatin No. 2 (add)	1964-1965	321,013
Total Production: 321,013

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352817

12-28-1965

1:1200

1:2566

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.

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

Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, drift location, seam.

Microfilm map, document 352817, reel 03140, frame 375 - Drift locations, mine outline, mining method, seam, geologic problems.