Mine Index 0029 Alden Coal Company, Alden No. 6 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0029

Company Name:	Alden Coal Company
Mine Name:	Alden No. 6 Mine
Start Date:	1909	End Date:	March 1924
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	344
Acres after map date:	7	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Fulton

8N 4E

27

SW NE SW

Air shaft

Fulton

8N 4E

27

NW SW SW

Geology

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

Springfield

140-190

4.0-5.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The source map showed various areas labeled “dirty coal”.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Alden Coal Company (add)	Alden No. 6 (add)	1909-1923	1,436,456

Alden Coal Company (add)	Alden No. 6 (add)	1923-1924	28,801 Production after map date

Total Production: 1,465,257

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351689

6-13-1923

1:2400

1:4636

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Fulton County) - Shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351689, reel 03137, frames 54 and 55 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.