Mine Index 3620 Borders Coal Company, Borders No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3620

Company Name:	Borders Coal Company
Mine Name:	Borders No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1904	End Date:	1911
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	71
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 (7'x12')

St. Clair

3S 6W

21

NE NE SW

Air shaft

St. Clair

3S 6W

21

SE NE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

50-61

6.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was generally good, but some areas had a soapstone roof that was very slippery and full of rolls that go 1 to 1.5 feet into the coal. No horsebacks or clay veins were noted. The source map indicated subsidence sinkholes on the surface above the southeast part of the mine, and caving in the southwest part.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Borders Coal Company (add)	Borders No. 2 (add)	1904-1911	338,285

Total Production: 338,285

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351174

1-17-1956 “Tracing of last map filed. 8-1-1915.”

1:2400

1:4634

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Microfilm map, document 351174, reel 03134, frame 320, map of West Side Mine (mine index 3619) - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, shaft location, shaft size, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.