Mine Index 3320 Harrisburg Coal Mining Company, Harrisburg No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3320

Company Name:	Harrisburg Coal Mining Company
Mine Name:	Harrisburg No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1923	End Date:	1927
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	250This area includes approximately 13 acres mined by New Oak Hill No. 3 Mine (mine index 3289), 160 acres mined by Blue Bird No. 1 Mine (mine index 610) and 77 acres mined by Harrisburg No. 2 Mine (mine index 3320).
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple / pit

Saline

10S 6E

6

SW NE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

50

6.0-6.58

Surface

Geological Problems Reported

A northwest-southeast trending dike prevented mining for an approximately one-half-mile width.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Harrisburg Coal Mining Company (add)	Harrisburg No. 2 (add)	1923-1927	848,123
Total Production: 848,123

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352777

7-1-1927

1:1200

1:2483

Final

USGS topographic map

PR 1990

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

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 location, seam.

ISGS field notes (Saline County) - Mining method, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 352777, reel 03140, frames 299-301 - Mine location, mine outline, mining method.

USGS topographic map, photorevised 1990 - Mine outline.