During the late summer of 2005, Fever River Research conducted a Phase II National Register evaluation of the Young Shaft Site (11MS2183), an abandoned coal mine property in rural Madison County, Illinois that operated intermittently between 1938 and 1958.  The purpose of the project was to evaluate the standing structures and above-grade foundation remains associated with the historic mine site prior to the commencement of reclamation work on the property.  The work was done at the request of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.  Although the Young Shaft operated on only a limited basis, its surface complex illustrates the character of small-scale, non-corporate coal mining undertaken in Madison, and elsewhere in Illinois, during the Great Depression.  Of particular note is the intact tipple headframe at the site.  This structure is one of only two historic headframes known to still be standing in the Illinois and represents a vernacular interpretation of this significant building type.