Mine Index 3459 Arch Tallman, Tallman No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3459

Company Name:	Arch Tallman
Mine Name:	Tallman No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1930	End Date:	1936
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	10	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Shelby

11N 3E

13

SE SE SW A new shaft opened in 1937, using an old shaft that was 75 to 100 yards west as an air shaft. The locationdescription and timing supports the usage of Tallman No. 2 Mine for an air shaft by a later mine.

Geology

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

Shelbyville

67

1.67-2.0

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Arch Tallman (add)	Tallman No. 2 (add)	1930-1936 In 1931 and 1932, production was reported under Tallman No. 1 Mine (mine index 3469).	14,793
Total Production: 14,793

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

USGS topographic map

1942

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary sources

ISGS field notes (W. A. Newton)

7-28-1937

(text only)

1:24000 The shaft location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the shaft location description and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Shelby County) - Depth, thickness.

ISGS field notes (Shelby County) - Air shaft location for mine index 4805.

USGS 15-minute topographic map, Shelbyville Quadrangle, 1942 - Shaft location.