Mine Index 3650 P. J. Dowaitt and Sons Coal Company, Dowiatt No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3650

Company Name:	P. J. Dowaitt and Sons Coal Company
Mine Name:	Dowiatt No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1935	End Date:	1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	3
Acres after map date:	4	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Vermilion

18N 11W

3

SW SW SW

Air shaft

Vermilion

18N 11W

3

NW SW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

190

6.0-6.5

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

P. J. Dowiatt and Sons Coal Company (add)	Dowiatt No. 2 (add)	1935-1939	11,286

P. J. Dowiatt and Sons Coal Company (add)	Dowiatt No. 2 (add)	1939-1942	22,570 Production after map date

Total Production: 33,856

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352011

2-20-1939

1:1200

1:2400

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352011, reel 03141, frame 157 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.