Mine Index 3354 Beekman Coal and Mining Company, Consolidated No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3354

Company Name:	Beekman Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Consolidated No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1881	End Date:	1887
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None; production indicates approximately 8 acres were mined.
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

16N 6W

20

Geology

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

Springfield

126-130

5.5-6.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Pleasant Plains Coal Mining Company Operated by William Stevens (add)	Pleasant Plains (add)	1881-1884 Years of operation and production before July 1881 is unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 20 acres were mined.	17,717

Consolidated Coal and Mining Company (add)	Consolidated No. 1 (add)	1884-1885	0 Idle

Consolidated Coal and Mining Company (add)	Consolidated No. 2 (add)	1884-1886	6,530

John Galloway and Company (add)	Consolidated No. 2 (add)	1885-1886	1,638

Beekman Coal and Mining Company (add)	Consolidated No. 2 (add)	1886-1887	8,072

Total Production: 33,957

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

1:62500

1:62500

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 (Sangamon County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

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