Mine Index 0673 Ayrshire Coal Company, Inc., Division of AMAX, Harmattan Mine

Mine Index Number: 0673

Company Name:	Ayrshire Coal Company, Inc.
Mine Name:	Division of AMAX, Harmattan Mine
Start Date:	1949	End Date:	April 1970
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	2,288
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Production indicates that the area shown on the accompanying map is too large by about 600 acres. Apparently the Harmattan Mine enlarged surface mining pits opened by other operators.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple

Vermilion

19N 12W

2

SE NW SW

Pits

Vermilion

19N 12W

2, 3, 4, 9, 10

Pits

Vermilion

20N 12W

21, 28, 29,33, 34

Geology

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

Danville

70-102

5.5-6.92

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Fairview Collieries Corporation (add)	Harmattan (add)	1949-1965	12,269,936

Meadowlark Farms, Inc. (add)	Harmattan (add)	1966-1966	419,849

Ayrshire Collieries Corporation (add)	Harmattan (add)	1966-1968	1,711,683

Ayrshire Coal Company, Inc., Div. of AMAX (add)	Harmattan (add)	1969-1970	814,970

Total Production: 15,216,438

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 6-8, 6-9, 6-9B2

4-27-1953

1:6000

1:6000

Not final

USGS topographic map

PR 1978

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, tipple & pit locations, seam, thickness.

Company map, Coal Section files (6-8, 6-9, 6-9B2) - Mine location, mining method.

USGS topographic map, 1966, Photorevised 1978 - Mine outline, mining method.