Mine Index 3336 Illinois Coal and Coke Company, Empire No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3336

Company Name:	Illinois Coal and Coke Company
Mine Name:	Empire No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1893	End Date:	1923
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	504
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

Sangamon

13N 6W

2

NW NE NW

Air shaft

Sangamon

13N 6W

2

SW NE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

280

8.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Sugar Creek Coal Mining Company (add)	Sugar Creek (add)	1893-1895	48,868

Chicago-Virden Coal Company (add)	Chicago-Virden No. 2 (add)	1895-1904	1,725,146

Illinois Collieries Company (add)	Illinois No. 2 (add)	1904-1910 Idle 1909 & 1910	586,539

Lefton Coal Company (add)	Lefton (add)	1910-1913	271,901

Montour Coal Company (add)	Montour (add)	1913-1920 Idle or abandoned 1914-1920	65,185

Illinois Coal and Coke Company (add)	Empire No. 2 (add)	1920-1923	72,772

Total Production: 2,770,411

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_334_01

4-1914

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

WPA, T13N-R6W & T14N-R6W

2-19-1926

1:52800

1:52800

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

State archive, IL_334_01 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

WPA map, T13N-R6W & T14N-R6W - Partial outline of southwest part of mine.