Mine Index 3902 White City Coal Company, White City No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3902

Company Name:	White City Coal Company
Mine Name:	White City No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1929	End Date:	1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	14
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (new)

Wabash

2S 13W

29

SW NE NE

Air shaft (new)

Wabash

2S 13W

29

SW NE NE

Air shaft (old)

Wabash

2S 13W

29

NW NE NE

Hoist shaft (old)

Wabash

2S 13W

29

SW NE NE

Geology

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

Friendsville

66

3.5

RPB

Geological Problems Reported

A source map showed a caved area in the northwestern part of the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

White City Coal Company (add)	White City No. 1 (add)	1929-1936 Idle 1935	26,955

White City Coal Company (add)	White City No. 2 (add)	1936-1937 Idle 1937	500

Fred Goodman, White City Coal Company (add)	White City No. 1 (add)	1938-1940	2,584

Charles Borniet, White City Coal Company (add)	White City No. 1 (add)	1940-1941	2,465

Charles Borniet, White City Coal Company (add)	White City No. 1 (add)	1941-1941	315 Production after map date

White City Coal Company Owned and operated by J. W. Hoffman (add)	White City No. 2 (add)	1942-1942	1,111 Production after map date

Total Production: 33,930

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353024

4-8-1936

1:1200

1:1655

Not final

Microfilm, document 353024

11-30-1941

1:1200

1:1241

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Wabash County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam.

ISGS field notes (Wabash County) - Depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 353024, reel 03141, frame 193 - Shaft locations (northern), mine outline (northern part),mining method.

Microfilm map, document 353025, reel 03141, frame 194 - Shaft locations (southern), mine outline (southern part), mining method.