Mine Index 3784 Pyramid Coal Corporation, Coal Stripping No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3784

Company Name:	Pyramid Coal Corporation
Mine Name:	Coal Stripping No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1937
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	28
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple

Vermilion

19N 12W

12

SE SW NW The surface mine pits are in sections 11 & 12, T19N-R12W.

Geology

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

Herrin

2.5-3.0

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Coal Stripping Company (add)	Coal Stripping No. 2 (add)	1934-1934	20,242

Pyramid Coal Corporation (add)	Coal Stripping No. 2 (add)	1937-1937	138,985

Total Production: 159,227

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352932

3-20-1937

1:1200

1:2317

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 352932, reel 03141, frames 72 & 73 - Tipple location, mine outline, mining method.