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

Mine Index Number: 0673

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

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:	2515
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The outlines shown include 82 acres of disturbed land, where mining may or may not have occurred. Production indicates that the area shown on the accompanying map is too large by about 900 acres. The Harmattan Mine enlarged surface mining pits opened by other operators in some locations.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Tipple	Vermilion	19N 12W	2	SE NW SW

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Pits	Vermilion	19N 12W	2, 3, 4, 9, 10

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Pits	Vermilion	20N 12W	21, 28, 29,33, 34

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Danville	70-102			5.5-6.92	Surface

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Fairview Collieries Corporation (add)	Harmattan (add)	1949-1965	12,269,936

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Meadowlark Farms, Inc. (add)	Harmattan (add)	1966-1966	419,849

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Ayrshire Collieries Corporation (add)	Harmattan (add)	1966-1968	1,711,683

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Ayrshire Coal Company, Inc., Div. of AMAX (add)	Harmattan (add)	1969-1970	814,970

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
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

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
LiDAR	2021			Secondary source

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
Company map, (6-8, 6-9, 6-9B2)	4-27-1953	1:6000	1:6000	Not final

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
State archive, MSHA_869_01	7-1-1955	1:1200	1:1200	Not final

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
Company map, 6-9-B3	4-1-1954	1:6034	1:6034	Not final

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
State archive, MSHA_753_01	7-1-1953	1:2400	1:2400	Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

Bibliography
LiDAR Digital Terrain Model, Vermilion County - Mine outline.

Bibliography
Company map, Coal Section files (6-8, 6-9, 6-9B2) - Pit location.

Bibliography
State archive, MSHA_869_01 - Pit location, mine outline.

Bibliography
Company map, Coal Section files, 6-9-B3 - Pit location.

Bibliography
State archive, MSHA_753_01 - Pit identification.