Mine Index 0946 Southern Illinois Minerals, Sparta No. 6 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0946

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

Company Name:	Southern Illinois Minerals
Mine Name:	Sparta No. 6 Mine
Start Date:	1953	End Date:	1977
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	150
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Pit	Randolph	5S 5W	16	SW SW SE

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Herrin	20-40			5.0-6.0	Surface

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Ritter Coal Company (add)	Red Fox No. 3 (add)	1953-1963	236,344

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Eden Mining Corporation (add)	Red Fox No. 3 (add)	1963-1966	442,971

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
R. and N. Mining Company (add)	Red Fox No. 3 (add)	1966-1966	1,800

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Duke Mining and Machinery Company (add)	Red Fox (add)	1970-1974	Not Reported

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Pryor Mountain Construction and Machinery (add)	Harger (add)	1975-1975	62,921

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Pine Ridge Coal Company (add)	Harger (add)	1976-1976	54,058

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Southern Illinois Minerals Corporation (add)	Sparta No. 6 (add)	1977-1977	22,367

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Total Production: 820,461

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
Coal Section files, 7a-01-27	circa 1985	1:7454	1:7454	Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Bibliography
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, thickness.

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

Bibliography
Mine notes (Randolph County) - Mine location, depth.

Bibliography
Coal Section files, 7a-01-27, aerial photograph used by IDNR - Mine outline, mining method.